Doronicum plantagineum

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Doronicum plantagineum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: 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]
List
    • Aronicum atlanticumChabert, syn of subsp. atlanticum
    • Doronicum atlanticum(Chabert) Rouy, syn of subsp. atlanticum
    • Doronicum emarginatumH.J.Coste, syn of subsp. emarginatum
    • Doronicum subcordatumH.J.Coste, syn of subsp. emarginatum
    • Doronicum willdenowii(Rouy) A.W.Hill, syn of subsp. emarginatum
    • Doronicum tournefortiiRouy, syn of subsp. tournefortii

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 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]

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

References

  1. 1 2 The Plant List, Doronicum plantagineum L.
  2. ↑ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  3. ↑ NRCS. "Doronicum plantagineum". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (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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