Asteraceae
Leopard plant
Farfugium japonicum
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Farfugium
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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.