Syneilesis aconitifolia Greece threadlike tip

threadlike tip

dark green leaves offer a stunning array of silver-speckled leaves

Although moon carrot is a biennial/short-lived perennial

so that it won't get lost

unirrigated roadside bank where it doesn't spread as fast or get as tall

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,