Oriental leopard’s-bane

Doronicum caucasicum M. Bieberstein

Plants 12–60(–90) cm. Stems sparsely pubescent proximally, glabrate distally. Leaves: blades of basal leaves ovate-orbiculate, (3–)6–14 × 3–6.5(–8.5) cm, bases cordate, margins crenate to subentire, faces (and petioles) sparsely hairy; cauline leaves 1–2(–3), sessile, blades ovate to lanceolate, bases clasping. Heads borne singly, 25–68 mm diam. Peduncles 45–150 mm. Phyllaries linear-lanceolate, 8–14(–18) mm, lengths about ¹ / 2 rays, apices acute. Ray corollas 12–28 mm. 2n = 60.

Flowering Mar–May. Moist woods, shaded rocky outcrops; 0–100+ m; introduced; B.C., Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.); Europe.

Doronicum orientale appears not to have persisted in British Columbia or Newfoundland.