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Scabiosa ochroleuca L.

3005 (12). S. ochroleuca L., Sp. Pl. Ed 1 (1753) 101; Boiss., Fl. Or. 3 (1875) 131; Hayek, Prodr. Fl. Penins. Balc. 2 (1930) 518; Jasiewicz, Fl. Eur. 4 (1976) 73; S. columbaria var. ochroleuca (L.) Coult., Mem. Dips. (1823) 38; S. columbaria subsp. ochroleuca (L.) Celak., Prodr. Fl. Böhmen 2 (2) (1871) 269; V.A. Matthews, Fl. Turkey 4 (1972) 606; Exs.: P1. Bulg. Exsicc. № 590 - Жълтеникава самогризка

Fam: Dipsacaceae Juss.
Genus: Scabiosa L.
Species: Scabiosa ochroleuca L.
English Name: Cream pincushions Cream scabious

Description:

Perennial plant. Stems 30 - 80 cm tall, straight, from the middle branched, rarely wrapping, fibrous to almost naked. The leaves of the sterile rosettes are entire, with stems, back ovate-lance, jagged, similar to the pound or feather-like cut; the lower stem leaves entire or similar to the pound, the upper similar to the pound, to the feather-like cut, with linear lance shares, all of them with short, diluted to dense hair. Inflorescences radiant, head spherical, 2 - 3 cm in diameter during fertility elongated; the inflorescence stems long, under the inflorescence with short, affectionate simple hairs, in the remaining part dilute filamentous to almost naked; the envelop leaflets linear, tapered, on the surface, with short, on the edge with the spread of simple hairs, shorter than the blossoms, very rarely equal to them. The outer calyx with 3 - 4 mm long tube, without pits, with 8 fibrous ribs, with deep grooves between them; the crown 1 - 1.5 mm long, 3 times shorter than the tube, membranous, with 20 - 24 veins; the inner calyx with a few awn, two or three times longer than the crown. The corolla of the peripheral flowers in the inflorescence clearly longer than the central, yellow.

Volatility

1 The rosette leaves are entire or similar to the pound .............................................……... var. ochroleuca. Widespread within the range of the species.
1* The rosette leaves feather-like cut .......................................................................................................................................................................... 2
2   Inflorescences no larger than 2 cm in diameter. The awn of the inner calyx brown ……........... var. danubialis (Velen.) Stoj. & Stef., Стоян. Стеф., Фл. Бълг. изд. 1, 2 (1925) 1075; S. ochroleuca subsp. danubialis Velen., Fl. Bulg. (1891) 243; Hayek, Prodr. Fl. Penins. Balc. 2 (1930) 519. Distributed within the range of the species.
2* Inflorescences 2.5 - 3 cm in diameter. The awn of the inner calyx almost black ............................................. var. rhodopea (Velen.) Stoj. & Stef., Фл. Бълг. изд. 1, 2 (1925) 1075; S. ochroleuca subsp. Rhodopea Velen., Sitzungsber. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. 29 (1895) 16 et. Bulg. Suppl. I (1898) 146; S. rhodopea (Velen.) Velen., Reliquiae Mrkvičkanae (1922) 15; Hayek, 1.c. Widespread within the range of the species.

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 ochroleuca, commonly called cream pincushions[1] or cream scabious, is a species of scabious with creamy yellow flower heads. It is native to Europe and western Asia.[2]

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Flowering Time: Blooms: VI - IX, Fruitful: VIII - X.

Distribution in Bulgaria: Growing on grassy rocky and sandy places. Spread, up to 2000 m altitude. (Conspectus of the Bulgarian Vascular Flora) = conspectus&gs_l= Zlc.

Distribution: Western, Central, South and Southeast Europe, Caucasus, North (Siberia), Central and South-West Asia (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

References:

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.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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