Doronicum plantagineum

Doronicum plantagineum, the plantain-leaved leopard's-bane[2] or plantain false leopardbane,[3] is a European plant species in the sunflower family. It is native to southeastern Europe from Greece and Italy to Ukraine and the Czech Republic.[4] There are reports of the species being naturalized in the State of Oregon in the northwestern United States.[5]

Doronicum plantagineum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Genus:
Doronicum
Species:
D. plantagineum
Binomial name
Doronicum plantagineum
L. 1753 not C.A.Mey. 1831 nor Roth 1788 Poir. 1817
Synonyms[1]

Doronicum plantagineum is a perennial herb up to 80 cm (2 feet) tall. Leaves are roundish, up to 11 cm (4.4 inches) long. The plant creates yellow flower heads one at a time, each up to 5 cm (2 inches) in diameter and containing both fay florets and disc florets.[6]

Subspecies[1]
  • Doronicum plantagineum subsp. atlanticum (Rouy) Greuter
  • Doronicum plantagineum subsp. emarginatum (H.J.Coste) P.Fourn.
  • Doronicum plantagineum subsp. plantagineum
  • Doronicum plantagineum subsp. tournefortii (Rouy) Cout.

The Latin specific epithet plantagineum refers to the leaves of the plant which are similar to those of a plantain.[7]

References
  1. The Plant List, Doronicum plantagineum L.
  2. "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  3. "Doronicum plantagineum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  4. Altervista Flora Italiana, Doronico piantagineo, Wegerich-Gämswurz, stor gemsrot, Doronicum plantagineum L.
  5. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  6. Flora of North America, Plantain-leaved leopard’s-bane, Doronicum plantagineum Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 885. 1753.
  7. W. T. Parsons, William Thomas Parsons and E. G. Cuthbertson Noxious Weeds of Australia, p. 325, at Google Books


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