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Farfugium japonicum

(L.) Kitam. (1939)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Asterales Family: Asteraceae Genus: Farfugium

farfugium, leopard plant, tsuwa-buki

Description

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Historical Distribution

Accepted Subtaxa (in Hawai'i) (1)

Farfugium japonicum var. japonicum

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Only found in cultivation
Hawai'i Only found in cultivation

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 8: 268 (1939)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Farfugium japonicum unknown Preserved_Specimen Graf, A.B. BISH
2 Farfugium japonicum Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Brigham, W.T. Oahu BISH 1890-01-01
3 Farfugium japonicum Honolulu; Nuuanu area, 2616 Pali Highway Growing in dense shade in a compact clump Preserved_Specimen Herb whose stems are underground. Rays lemon-yellow to canary-yellow Lau, J. 1641 Oahu BISH 1985-11-16
4 Farfugium japonicum Tantalus Preserved_Specimen Forbes, A. Oahu BISH 1930-07-18
5 Farfugium japonicum Waikiki, Waikiki Theater business block At base of trees Preserved_Specimen Mitchell, D.D. Oahu BISH 1940-07-30
6 Farfugium japonicum Wahiawa Botanic Garden Highway Growing in partial shade Preserved_Specimen Plant with stems mostly underground. Rays lemon-yellow to canary-yellow. Disc lemon-yellow to yellowish-green. Flowers have heavy odor (afternoon). Lau, J. 2241 Oahu BISH 1986-04-14
7 Farfugium japonicum Lawai; garden of Florence Au, Hailima Road Preserved_Specimen Groundcover plant of roadside bank. Lvs & infls. spring from underground stem, giving appearance of separate leaves & flowers. Each stem with 3 or 4 lvs. these clasping & surround the stem, this area white. Leaf: petiole dull reddish-olive to nearly rhubarb pink, slightly glossy, some (also flower scape) having pale brown, arachnoid webbing; blade above medium to dark green, glossy, below paler, duller; leaf leathery. Infl.: scape pink at base to olive or pale green at apex, the bracts pale green with brown indumentum; Ray fls.: tube white, silky; stamens yellow; petals bright yellow; disc flowers: ovary pale green; pappus white; corolla bright yellow, crystal (POSSIBLY MORE ON SPECIMENT SHEET). Hume, L. 449 Kauai BISH 1990-01-15
8 Farfugium japonicum Captain Cook: Amy B.H.Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden. Abandoned coffee plantation at one side of Garden, growing in yard of house Preserved_Specimen Herbaceous groundcover 12-16 tall; spreading from rhizomes?; lvs. firm-fleshy; infruct mostly gone by. Herbst, D.R. 9295 Hawaii BISH 1991-01-11
9 Farfugium japonicum U.S.A. Hawaii, Honolulu, Wahiawa Bot. Garden, Main terreace, in shady spot at back of storage building behind visitor center. Grid D-5 on map of Main Terrace. Preserved_Specimen Tufted perennial herb, le4aves arising from rhizome in whorls, petiole long, cylindrical, black kidney-shaped to obicular with basal notch; inflorescence on scape talled than leaves, sparsely branched at summit, ray flowers bright yellow, ca 2.5 cm long, disc flowers yellowish to white, older capitula with seeds, pappus white,. Staples, G.W. 1594 Oahu BISH 2014-12-03
10 Farfugium japonicum Lawai; garden of Florence Au, Hailima Road Preserved_Specimen Groundcover plant of roadside bank. Lvs & infls. spring from underground stem, giving appearance of separate leaves & flowers. Each stem with 3 or 4 lvs. these clasping & surround the stem, this area white. Leaf: petiole dull reddish-olive to nearly rhubarb pink, slightly glossy, some (also flower scape) having pale brown, arachnoid webbing; blade above medium to dark green, glossy, below paler, duller; leaf leathery. Infl.: scape pink at base to olive or pale green at apex, the bracts pale green with brown indumentum; Ray fls.: tube white, silky; stamens yellow; petals bright yellow; disc flowers: ovary pale green; pappus white; corolla bright yellow, crystal (POSSIBLY MORE ON SPECIMENT SHEET). Hume, L. 449 Kauai BISH 1990-01-15
11 Farfugium japonicum 42 Coelho Way Preserved_Specimen Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1957-10-24
12 Farfugium japonicum Honolulu; 42 Coelho Way Preserved_Specimen Fls. bight-yellow; lvs. solid green Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1941-01-29
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