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Doronicum orientale
Also called Oriental False Leopardbane
Doronicum orientale is a hardy perennial with bright yellow daisy-like flowers on long stems, blooming in early spring. It grows best in moist, fertile soil in part shade or sun.
Doronicum orientale, the Oriental leopard's bane, is a European plant species in the family Asteraceae.
Doronicum orientale is widely cultivated as an ornamental. There are a few reports of the species having escaped cultivation and been found growing wild in parts of Canada, but the plant apparently failed to become established there. D. orientale is a hardy (to zone 3) perennial, blooming in early spring. It likes both shade and sun and is easily grown in moist, fertile soil. The plant attracts butterflies. Cultivars include 'Little Leo', which is semi-double.
It is native to southeastern Europe (Italy, Greece, the Balkans, Hungary, Moldova, Ukraine, southern European Russia) and parts of southwest Asia (Turkey, South Caucasus).
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