| Scientific Name: | Ligularia stenocephala |
| Common Name: | ligularia, leopard plant |
| Family Name: | Asteraceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Open, Upright |
| Form: | Mounded |
| Texture: | Coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Filler, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Perennial border, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Basal, Soft flexible, Lustrous, Other, Dentate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Head (capitulum), Yellow, Jul-Aug |
| Fruit: | Cypsela (achene + calyx), Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves basal, ovate, most blades reach 15-25cm long x 18-30cm wide, base cordate, margins irregularly toothed and serrate, petioles 30-50cm long and dark red; flower heads yellow with 6-10 ray florets each, arranged on a columnar floral axis 45-60cm long, dark-red to black peduncles, Jul-Aug. | |