Doronicum

{{short description|Genus of flowering plants in the daisy family Asteraceae}}

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| image_caption = Doronicum plantagineum

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| taxon = Doronicum

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| synonyms_ref={{cite web |title=Doronicum L. |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:329177-2 |access-date=9 November 2024 }}

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|Aronicum|Neck. ex Rchb.

|Fullartonia|DC.

|Grammarthron|Cass.

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Doronicum is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family, known as leopard's bane.{{Citation |last=Stace |first=Clive |author-link=Clive Stace |year=2019 |title=New Flora of the British Isles |edition=4th |publication-place=Middlewood Green, Suffolk, UK |publisher=C&M Floristics |isbn=978-1-5272-2630-2 |page=809}} They are all herbaceous perennials native to Europe, southwest Asia and Siberia. They produce yellow, daisy-like flowerheads in spring and summer.{{cite book |title=RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants |year=2008 |publisher=Dorling Kindersley |location=United Kingdom |isbn=978-1405332965 |pages=1136 }} 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.{{Cite web |title=Leopard's Bane, Doronicum orientale - Flowers - NatureGate |url=https://luontoportti.com/en/t/2174/leopards-bane |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=luontoportti.com}}

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.{{cite book |page=509 |title=Systematics, Evolution and Biogeography of the Compositae |editor-last=Funk |editor-first=Vicki A. |editor2-last=Susanna |editor2-first=Alfonso |editor3-last=Stuessy |editor3-first=Tod F. |editor4-last=Bayer |editor4-first=Randall J. |year=2009 |publisher=International Association for Plant Taxonomy |url=https://compositae.org/downloads/Systematics_evolution_and_Biogeography_of_Compositae.pdf |isbn=978-3-9501754-3-1 }}

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Doronicum bellidiastrum Sm. is a synonym for Bellis sylvestris.{{cite web |title=Bellis sylvestris Cirillo |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:184425-1 |access-date=19 December 2018 }}

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