大头橐吾(原变种) da tou tuo wu (yuan bian zhong)

Arnica japonica Linnaeus f., Suppl. Pl.: 376. 1782; Erythrochaete palmatifida Siebold & Zuccarini; Ligularia macrantha (C. B. Clarke) H. Koyama; Senecillis japonica (Linnaeus f.) Kitamura; Senecio japonicus (Linnaeus f.) Schultz Bipontinus (1845), not Thunberg (1784), nor (Linnaeus) Lessing (1832); S. macranthus C. B. Clarke; S. palmatifidus (Siebold & Zuccarini) Wittrock & Juel.

Leaves adaxially glabrous.

Stream banks, grassland slopes, forest understories; 900-2300 m. Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, ?Guizhou, ?Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang [Japan, Korea; cultivated in North America].