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Petasites japonicus (bog rhubarb)

Synonyms: Nardosmia japonica japonicum; Petasites japonicus f. japonicus; Petasites japonicus var. japonicus; Tussilago petasites

Wikipedia Abstract

Petasites japonicus, also known as fuki (フキ（蕗、苳、款冬、菜蕗）?), bog rhubarb, Japanese sweet coltsfoot or giant butterbur, is an herbaceous perennial plant in the family Asteraceae. It exists not only in Japan, but many places in Europe. It is especially commonly found around Swiss alps. It has also been introduced to southern British Columbia by Japanese immigrants.
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Infraspecies

Petasites japonicus giganteus
Petasites japonicus japonicus

Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Dioecious
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Pollinators [1]  Insects, Lepidoptera
Structure [2]  Herb
Usage [1]  The leaves of the sub-species P. japonicus giganteus are used as umbrellas by Japanese children; The leaf stalks can be used as walking sticks; Plants can be grown as ground cover in damp shady places; They are too invasive for most gardens and should only be used where they have plenty of room;
Height [1]  24 inches (0.6 m)
Width [1]  4.92 feet (1.5 m)
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Eryri/ Snowdonia 48773 Wales, United Kingdom  
Lyme Bay and Torbay 77215 England, United Kingdom
Morecambe Bay Pavements 6449 England, United Kingdom
South Wight Maritime 49082 England, United Kingdom

Predators

Bromius obscurus (Western Grape Rootworm)[3]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Uredo campanulae[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0