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Species of flowering plant
Doronicum plantagineum
Scientific classification
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]
Aronicum atlanticum Chabert, syn of subsp. atlanticum
Doronicum atlanticum (Chabert) Rouy, syn of subsp. atlanticum
Doronicum emarginatum H.J.Coste, syn of subsp. emarginatum
Doronicum subcordatum H.J.Coste, syn of subsp. emarginatum
Doronicum willdenowii (Rouy) A.W.Hill, syn of subsp. emarginatum
Doronicum tournefortii Rouy, 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]
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
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a
b
The Plant List, Doronicum plantagineum L.
^
BSBI List 2007 (xls) .
Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland . Archived from
the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17 .
^
USDA, NRCS (n.d.).
"Doronicum plantagineum " . The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov) . Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 18 January 2016 .
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Altervista Flora Italiana, Doronico piantagineo, Wegerich-Gämswurz, stor gemsrot, Doronicum plantagineum L.
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Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
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Flora of North America, Plantain-leaved leopard’s-bane, Doronicum plantagineum Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 885. 1753.
^ W. T. Parsons, William Thomas Parsons and E. G. Cuthbertson
Noxious Weeds of Australia , p. 325, at
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