| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Ligularia retusa DC. trib. Senecioneae |
| Bibliography | Prodr. 6: 314 (1838) |
| Native Range | sc. China to Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 3000-4500m |
| Description | basal leaves 1-2cm wide, orbiculate to reniform, sinuate, dentate, bright green, capitula 25-35mm across, in short crowded raceme, ligules short, broad |
| Size | 20-90cm |
| Color | pale yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Cineraria retusa Wall. ex C.B.Clarke Cremanthodium retusum (DC.) R.D.Good Ligularia nigro-pilosa Kitam. Senecillis retusa (DC.) Kitam. Senecio retusus (DC.) Wall. ex Hook.f. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (ASS Assam, EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |