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Jasione heldreichii Boiss. & Orph.

3058 (3). J. heldreichii Boiss. & Orph. in Boiss., Diagn. PI. Or. Nov. 3 (6) (1859) 120; Velen., Fl. Bulg. (1891) 374 et Suppl. 1 (1898) 188; Hayek, Prodr. Fl. Penins. Balc. 2 (1930) 564; Tutin, Fl. Eur. 4 (1976) 102; J. montana var. dentata DC., Prodr. 7 (1839) 415; Стоян., Стеф., Фл. Бълг. изд. 1, 2 (1925) 1094; J. dentata (DC.) Halacsý, Consp. Fl. Gr. 2 (1902) 280; Стоян., Стеф., Китан., Фл. Бълг. изд. 4, 2 (1967) 1058; J. montana var. jankae (Neilr.) Stoj. & Stef., I.e.; J.jankae Neilr., Aufz. Ungarn Slavon. Gefasspfl. Nachtr. (1870) 43; Velen., Fl. Bulg. (1891) 374; J. montana var. jankae f.prostrata Stoj. & Stef., Verh. Zool.- Bot. Ges. Wien 72 (1927) 3; J. montana f. litoralis auct. bulg. non Koch; Exs.: PI. Bulg. Exicc. № 729 et 883 sub J. montana L. - Хелдрейхиево вятърче

Fam:   Campanulaceae Adans
Genus:   Jasione L.
Species: Jasione heldreichii Boiss. & Orph.
English Name: x   x   x

Description:

Annual to biennial plant. The root is 7 - 15 cm long, spindle-shaped, often with several short branchings. Stems 15 - 60 (85) cm high, erect, lined, simple or branched, bare or scattered to densely fibrous; hairs simple, white, protruding, 0.7 - 1.5 mm long. The leaves are narrow, lance to linear lance, 10 - 25 (-30) mm long, (1) 1.5 - 3mm wide, entire or unevenly serrated, with h hyaline wavy edges with scattered to thick simple white hairs, seldom naked, shorter on the branches of the upper stem. Inflorescence head, 8 - 20 (25) mm diameter, with numerous blossoms with 5 - 7 mm long stems, with a envelope of prickling leaflets; outer envelope leaflets narrowly lance to linearly lance, 5 - 9 (-11) mm long, 1 - 2 (2.7) mm wide, gradually tapered, often with a long hyaline tip, skinny, shallow to deeply serrated, with more or less - slightly folded solid hyaline edges. The calyx shares are linearly lance, gradually tapered, 2.5 - 3.5mm long, 0.4 - 0.5mm wide. The crown blue or purple blue; linearly lance, 6 - 8 mm long, 0.6 - 0.8 mm wide. The anthers mature at the base. The style  8 - 10 (11) mm long, with a thick, short fiber. The box is oblong to a broadly conical, 2 - 2.3 mm long, membranous, with 5 protruding narrow veins. The seeds 0.6 - 0.7 mm long, 0.3 mm wide, pale brown to deep brown, with a glossy surface.

Volatility

Var. heldreichii. The whole plant fiber; leaves narrowly lance to linearly lance; inflorescence (8) 12 - 20 (25) mm in diameter. Widespread within the species.
Var. microcephala Velen., Fl. Bulg. (1891) 374; J. montana var. dentata f. microcephala (Velen.) Stoj. & Stef, Фл. Бълг. изд. 1, 2 (1925) 1094; J. glabra Velen., Österr. Bot. Z., 34 (1886) 424. The entire plant naked; leaves narrowly linear; inflorescence 8 - 10 (12) mm in diameter. Black Sea coast, Northeastern Bulgaria (rarely), Tundzha Hilly Plain (Aytos).

Lectotype (hic designatus). J. glabra Velen. Bulgaria, bei Varna. VIII, 1884. J. Velenovsky (PRC!)

From  „Флора на Република България”, том XI, БАН, Акад. Изд. „Проф. Марин Дринов”, София, (2013)

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Jasione heldreichii Boiss. & Orph. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Jasione (family Campanulaceae).
The record derives from WCSP which reports it as an accepted name (record 351939) with original publication details: Diagn. Pl. Orient. II, 6: 120 1859.

From “The Plant List” www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-351939

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Flowering Time: Blooms: VI - VII, Fruitfull: VII - VIII.

References: „Флора на Република България”, том XI, БАН, Акад. Изд. „Проф. Марин Дринов”, София, (2013), “The Plant List” www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-351939

Distribution in Bulgaria: Grow on dry grassy places, bare stony and screeched mountain slopes, along roads, sometimes in vines, on silicate terrains. Distributed (in the northern regions of Northeastern Bulgaria and the Danube Plain restricted), from sea level to 1200 (1300) m altitude. (Conspectus of the Bulgarian Vascular Flora) = conspectus&gs_l= Zlc.

Distribution: Southeast Europe (Balkan Peninsula, Romania), Eastern Mediterranean (Asia Minor).

Conservation status and threats: not protected species in Bulgaria by the Biodiversity Law. - Biological Diversity Act -    http://eea.government.bg/bg/legislation/biodiversity/zbran_22.08.15.pdf

Medical plant: yes, it is - Medicinal Plants Act - http://eea.government.bg/bg/legislation/biodiversity/ZLR_en.pdf

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