Ligularia dentata ...

Ligularia dentata (summer ragwort or leopardplant) is a species of flowering plant in the genus Ligularia and the family Asteraceae, native to China and Japan but ... this one grows here ... just in the backyard.


First I saw a kind of 'package' of small leaves on a long stalk (about 60cm). And now the 'package' has opened and shows a bunch of flower buds. I hope to show in a week or so the next stage of flowering ...


Best seen in large against the black background of the computer screen.