Syneilesis aconitifolia Greece threadlike tip

threadlike tip

white spider-like flowers

wavy leaf edge

Each stalk will flower once then die

the large purple jug-like flowers adorn the base of the plant

Syneilesis aconitifolia Greece threadlike tip(aka: Senecio aconitifolius) I flipped (not literally) back in the 1980s when I first saw Syneilesis aconitifolia at the US National Arboretum, only later to rediscover it in the wilds of Korea. Syneilesis aconitifolia is a woodland Asteraceae (ligularia relative), native to dry hillsides in China, Japan, and Korea. As shredded umbrella plants emerge in early spring, the white wooly leaves push through the ground like mayapples or more appropriately,