Syneilesis aconitifolia Greece the large purple jug-like flowers

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

Although moon carrot is a biennial/short-lived perennial

of weird plants

threadlike tip

white spider-like flowers

Syneilesis aconitifolia Greece the large purple jug-like flowers(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,