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Asteraceae

Leopard plant

Farfugium japonicum (L.) Kitam.

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Farfugium

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Leopard plant: フキの花 2004年11月、投稿者自身による撮影
Photo: Miya, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (6)
Chinese
大吳風草, 大吴风草, 山菊, 八角乌, 大马蹄香, 活血莲, 莲蓬草
Czech
Popelivka podbělovitá
English
Leopard plant
Japanese
ツワブキ, イシブキ, タクゴ, ツワ, 石蕗
Korean
털머위
nan
Khit-chia̍h-oáⁿ, Tâi-oân soaⁿ-kio̍k

Synonyms

  • Arnica tussilaginea Burm.f.
  • Farfugium grande Lindl.
  • Farfugium japonicum f. japonicum
  • Farfugium japonicum f. luteofuscus Tawada
  • Farfugium japonicum var. japonicum
  • Farfugium kaempferi Benth.
  • Farfugium luchuense (Masam.) Kitam.
  • Farfugium tussilagineum (Burm.) Kitam.
  • Farfugium tussilagineum var. formosanum (Hayata) Kitam.
  • Ligularia kaempferi Siebold & Zucc.
  • Ligularia nokozanensis Yamam.
  • Ligularia tussilaginea (Burm.f.) Makino
  • Ligularia tussilaginea var. formosana Hayata
  • Ligularia tussilaginea var. tussilaginea
  • Senecio japonicus Less.
  • Senecio kaempferi DC.
  • Tussilago japonica L.

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.