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
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D. plantagineum
Binomial name
Doronicum plantagineum
L. 1753 not C.A.Mey. 1831 nor Roth 1788 Poir. 1817
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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]

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