Doronicum columnae

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Description

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Botanical Description

sometimes more in the wild. Basal leaves broadly ovate, sometimes cordate, 3- 7cm long. Stem leaves three to four, ovate-lanceolate, amplexicaule. Flowerheads solitary, up to 5cm or more in diameter. Eastern Alps to Balkan Peninsula, amongst shady rocks.

D. columnae

Doronicum columnae: Dobrinishte, Bezbog, 2280m, Pirin Mountains, Bulgaria
Photo: Harry Jans.

Doronicum columnae: Borovets --> Yastrebetz, Musala,, Rila Mountains, Bulgaria
Photo: Harry Jans.