Common name
English: Sheepbit
German: Berg-Jasione, Berg-Sandglöckchen
Portuguese: Botão-azul
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2659)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)
Order: Campanulales (15)
Family: Campanulaceae (15)(family description)
Genus: Jasione (1)
Epithet: montana L. (9)
Synonyms: Jasione ambigua Merino, Jasione blepharodon Boiss. & Reut., Jasione carionii Boreau, Jasione cartilaginea Sennen, Jasione echinata Boiss. & Reut., Jasione espadanae Pau, Jasione euphrasiifolia Porta, Jasione glabrata Dumort., Jasione lusitanica A.DC., Jasione macrocalyx Gand., Jasione macrocephala Sennen, Jasione mediterranea (Rouy) Prain, Jasione prolifera (DC.) Bellardi ex Colla, Jasione rosularis Boiss. & Reut., Jasione stricta Pomel, Jasione undulata Lam., Phyteuma montanum (L.) C.K.Spreng.
ambigua => doubtful, of uncertain relationship
echinata => set with prickles or spines (echinus, a hedgehog, or a prickle)
euphrasiifolia => leaves resembling those of Euphrasia
glabrata => becoming smooth or glabrous
lusitanica => from Portugal
macrocalyx => with a large calyx (the sepals, the outermost whorl of parts that form a flower)
mediterranea => from the Mediterranean region
montana => growing in the mountains
montanum => growing in the mountains
prolifera => proliferous, producing bunched growth or offsets or young plantlets
rosularis => with leaf rosettes
stricta => drawn together, stiff, upright
undulata => wavy, with wavy margin
Characteristics
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: blue, beige, white
External links
Check for Jasione montana at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [22] Kleine Schafskabiose - Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen (1796)
Literature
- [31] Canzobre, H.L., Samartín, L.A. (1998): Guía da flora do litoral galego. Edicións Xerais de Galicia, Vigo, Spain.
- [17] Rothmaler, W. (1995): Exkursionsflora von Deutschland, Band 3, Gefäßpflanzen: Atlasband. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany.