Doronicum plantagineum L.

Species

Family: COMPOSITAE (ASTERACEAE)

Genus: Doronicum

Spanish common name: Dorónico común.

Province distribution: Alacant. Castelló. Tarragona. València.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Northwestern Mediterranean

Plants protected by law: País Valencià Catalogue.

IUCN Category: NENot evaluated

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Geophyte.

Habitats: Forest border. Mesophyll mountainous grasslands. Edges of forests and shaded perennial grasslands in cool, not overly dry mountainous areas.

Description: Perennial herb of slender habit, somewhat hairy, 4-8 dm tall. Leaves ovate, entire or slightly dentate, green on both sides; basal leaves in a rosette with a long petiole, cauline leaves alternate, ovate-lanceolate, stem-clasping. Yellow flowers in solitary terminal capitula on long, glandular peduncles, 3-5 cm in diameter, with two series of linear, ciliate bracts. Fruits 2-3 mm, ribbed; the outer ones lacking pappus and the inner ones furnished with pappus.