Doronicum

Doronicum is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family, known as leopard's bane.^[2] They are all herbaceous perennials native to Europe, southwest Asia and Siberia. They produce yellow, daisy-like flowerheads in spring and summer.^[3] The plants typically thrive in cool, mountainous regions and prefer well-drained soil with partial to full sunlight exposure. Due to their bright and vibrant flowers, Doronicum species are often cultivated as ornamental plants in gardens, particularly for early-season color.^[4]

Doronicum
Doronicum plantagineum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Senecioneae
Genus:	Doronicum L.
Synonyms[1]
Aronicum Neck. ex Rchb. Fullartonia DC. Grammarthron Cass.

Although the genus is often classified in the tribe Senecioneae, there is evidence that a classification elsewhere in the subfamily Asteroideae may be more appropriate.^[5]

Species^[1]

• Doronicum ×excelsum (N.E.Br.) Stace
• Doronicum ×halacsyi Eichenfeld
• Doronicum altaicum Pall
• Doronicum austriacum Jacq.
• Doronicum cacaliifolium Boiss. & Heldr.
• Doronicum calotum (Diels) Q.Yan
• Doronicum carpaticum (Griseb. & Schenk) Nyman
• Doronicum carpetanum Willk.
• Doronicum cataractarum Widder
• Doronicum caucasicum M.Bieb. -- Leopard's bane
• Doronicum clusii (All.) Tausch
• Doronicum columnae Ten. – Eastern leopard's bane
• Doronicum conaense Y.L.Chen
• Doronicum corsicum (Loisel.) Poir.
• Doronicum dolichotrichum Cavill
• Doronicum falconeri C.B.Clarke ex Hook.f.
• Doronicum × fritschii Widder
• Doronicum glaciale (Wulfen) Nyman
• Doronicum × grafii Widder
• Doronicum grandiflorum Lam.
• Doronicum × halacsyi Eichenf.
• Doronicum haussknechtii Cavill.
• Doronicum hungaricum Rchb.f.
• Doronicum kamaonense (DC.) Alv.Fern.
• Doronicum macrophyllum Fisch.
• Doronicum maximum Boiss. & A.Huet
• Doronicum × minutilloi Peruzzi
• Doronicum oblongifolium DC.
• Doronicum pardalianches L. -- Leopard's bane
• Doronicum × pardalianchoides Bornm. and Koch
• Doronicum plantagineum L. -- Plantain-leaved leopard's bane
• Doronicum × prennii Widder
• Doronicum pyrenaicum (J.Gay ex Gren. & Godr.) Rivas Mart.
• Doronicum reticulatum Boiss.
• Doronicum stenoglossum Maxim
• Doronicum turkestanicum Cavill.
• Doronicum wendelboi J.R.Edm.
• Doronicum × willdenowii (Rouy) A.W.Hill

Doronicum bellidiastrum Sm. is a synonym for Bellis sylvestris.^[6]