Doronicum pardalianches, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 191

8. D. pardalianches L. , Sp. Pl. 885 (1753)

( D. cordatura Lam. ).

Stems up to 90 cm, more or less pubescent. Rhizome with tufts of sericeous hairs. Basal leaves (6-)7-12(-15) x (5—)7—11(—14) cm, ovate-orbicular, cordate, pubescent, long-petiolate, dentate to subentire; lower cauline leaves ovate, cordate, petiolate; middle cauline panduriform; upper cauline ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, amplexicaul. Capitula 3—5(—6) cm in diameter, (1—)2—6(—8) in a terminal corymb; peduncles glandular-pubescent. Involucral bracts (8-) 12-18 mm, linear, c. i as long as ligules. Achenes of marginal florets without a pappus. 2л = 60. IFooefr. • W. Europe, northwards to c. 51° N. and extending eastwards to S.E. Germany and Italy; cultivated for ornament and naturalized elsewhere. *Be Co Ga Ge *Ho Hs It [Au Br Cz].

Records from Romania and the Ukranian Carpathians are apparently errors, or refer to short-lived escapes from cultivation.