Green leopard plant
Farfugium japonicum (L. fil.) Kitam. [Asteraceae]
Tsuwabuki (ツワブキ, 艶蕗)
Lifeform: perennial evergreen forb
Distribution: Taiwan - Korea - Japan (south to Honshu)
Habitat: rocky coastal cliffs
Farfugium Lindl.
F. hiberniflorum (Makino) Kitam. (カンツワブキ)
F. japonicum (L. fil.) Kitam. (ツワブキ)
- var. luchuense (Masam.) Kitam. (リュウキュウツワブキ): endemic in Ryukyu
- f. giganteum (Sieb. et Zucc.) Kitam. (オオツワブキ)
Farfugium japonicum in Japan
[Left] a patch. [Center] vegetative leaves. [Right] close-up of inflorescences. At Rakuju-en Garden, Mishima, on November 18 2009.