Scabiosa balcanica Velen.

3004 (11). S. balcanica (Velen.) Velen., Sitzungsber. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. CI. 1888/3 (1889) 40 et Fl. Bulg. (1891) 243; Hayek, Prodr. Fl. Penins. Balc. 2 (1930) 518; Jasiewicz, Fl. Eur. 4 (1976) 73; S. ochroleuca var. balcanica Velen., Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. ser. 7 1(8) (1886) 19; S. ochroleuca subsp. balcanica (Velen.) Stoj. & Stef., Фл. Бълг. изд. 3 (1948) 1101; S. columbaria subsp. balcanica (Velen.) Kokkini, Mount. Fl. Greece 2 (1992) 366 - Балканска самогризка

Fam:   Dipsacaceae Juss.
Genus:   Scabiosa L.
Species: Scabiosa balcanica Velen.
English Name: The species has no common names

Description:

Perennial plant. Stems 20 - 40 cm tall, unbranched or in the upper part with long branches, in the lower and middle part naked, short-fibrous under the inflorescences, wrapped at the bottom. Leaves of non-blossoming rosettes ovoid-lance, entire or livers, jagged, with long stems, naked; stem leaves lobar or 1 - 2 times feathery, with linear shares, bare, or rim with scattered, short hairs. Inflorescences radiant, spherical headlamps, 2 - 3 cm in diameter; inflorescence stems long, under the inflorescence with short, dense, prostrate hairs; the tegumental leaflets are narrowly lance, equal in length to the flowers, with short, prostrate hairs. The outer calyx with a long fibrous tube, without pits, with 8 ribs and furrows; the crown about 2 times shorter than the tube, on the edge jagged; the inner calyx with a short stem and 6 mm long black awn, four times longer than the crown. The corolla of the peripheral flowers slightly longer than the central, yellow.

Турus: Scabiosa ochroleuca var. balcanica Velen. In graminosis alpinis m. Vitosa (PRC, n.v.).

From „Флора на Република България” том XI, София, (2013)

FLORA Republicae Bulgaricae, Opus inceptum curu redactoris principalis acad. DAKI JORDANOV, SERDICAE * 2013, Editio Academica “Professor MARIN DRINOV”
Editit tomum XI S. I. Kožuharon et M. E. Ančev
Redactor responsabilis editionis Prof. D. R. Peev, Dr. Sci.

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Scabiosa balcanica Velen. ex Nyman is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Scabiosa (family Caprifoliaceae).
The record derives from WCSP (in review) (data supplied on 2012-03-23) which reports it as an accepted name with original publication details: Consp. Fl. Eur. Suppl. 2: 159 1889.
Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:319728-1.

Synonyms:

No synonyms are recorded for this name.

Further information

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Flowering Time: Blooms: VII - VIII, fruitful:  VIII - IX.

Distribution in Bulgaria: Growing on dry grassy and rocky places. Stara Planina (Western and Central), Vitosha district (Vitosha), Pirin, Rila, mountains over 1300 m altitude. (Conspectus of the Bulgarian Vascular Flora) = conspectus&gs_l= Zlc.

Distribution: Southeast Europe (Balkan Peninsula - Serbia, Republic of Macedonia). Balkan endemic.

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: it is not - Medicinal Plants Act - http://eea.government.bg/bg/legislation/biodiversity/ZLR_en.pdf

References:

„Флора на Република България” том XI, София, (2013)

FLORA Republicae Bulgaricae, Opus inceptum curu redactoris principalis acad. DAKI JORDANOV, SERDICAE * 2013, Editio Academica “Professor MARIN DRINOV”
Editit tomum XI S. I. Kožuharon et M. E. Ančev
Redactor responsabilis editionis Prof. D. R. Peev, Dr. Sci.

The Plant List - www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2593551

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