Doronicum pardalianches L.
great leopard's-bane (great false leopardbane)
Asteraceae (Aster family)

Introduction to Vascular Plants

Photograph

© Jamie Fenneman     (Photo ID #6885)


Map

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Distribution of Doronicum pardalianches
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Species Information

General:
Perennial herb from stout, subterranean stolons with tube-like tips; stems erect, white woolly-hairy, 30-90 cm tall.
Leaves:
Basal leaves heart-shaped, long-stalked, 6-14 cm long, hairy; lower stem leaves with long, winged stalks, clasping, hairy; upper leaves becoming lanceolate, unstalked, hairy.
Flowers:
Heads with ray and disk flowers, 3-5; involucres 8-18 mm tall; involucral bracts triangular, awl-like, glandular-fringed; ray flowers yellow; disk flowers yellow.
Fruits:
Achenes black, 10-ribbed, those of the ray flowers glabrous, those of the disk flowers hairy; pappus of the discoid, those of the disk flowers feathery.

SourceThe Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Illustration

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Habitat and Range

Moist forest openings and disturbed areas in the lowland zone; rare in SW BC, known only from the lower Fraser Valley; introduced from Europe.

SourceThe Illustrated Flora of British Columbia