''Doronicum'' is a
genus of
flowering plants in the
sunflower family, known as leopard's bane.
They are all
herbaceous
Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground. This broad category of plants includes many perennials, and nearly all annuals and biennials.
Definitions of "herb" and "herbaceous"
The fourth edition of t ...
perennials
native
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to
Europe, southwest
Asia and
Siberia. They produce yellow, daisy-like flowerheads in spring and summer.
Although the genus is often classified in the tribe
Senecioneae
Senecioneae is the largest tribe of the Asteraceae, or the sunflower family, comprising over 150 genera and over 3,500 species. Almost one-third of the species in this tribe are placed in the genus ''Senecio''. Its members exhibit probably the w ...
, there is evidence that a classification elsewhere in the subfamily
Asteroideae may be more appropriate.
; Species
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''Doronicum bellidiastrum'' Sm. is a synonym
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for ''Bellis sylvestris
''Bellis sylvestris'', the southern daisy, is a species of the genus ''Bellis''. It is a perennial plant native to central and southern Europe, the Middle East, and north Africa, and grows up to fifteen centimetres (six inches) tall.
The name ''s ...
''.
References
External links
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Senecioneae
Asteraceae genera
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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