Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Jurinea humilis (Desf.) DC. trib. Cardueae |
Bibliography | Prodr. 6: 677 (1838) |
Native Range | w. Medit. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 500-3000m |
Description | capitula 20-25mm, solitary, in the centre of leaf rosette, leaves silvery, entire and oblong or pinnatifid, long petiolate, segments short, oblong |
Size | 3-7cm |
Color | pink-purple |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Carduus mollis Gouan Jurinea gouanii Rouy Jurinea humilis var. bocconei (Guss.) DC. Jurinea humilis ssp. gouanii (Rouy) P.Fourn. Jurinea humilis ssp. pyrenaica (Gren. & Godr.) Malag. Jurinea humilis var. scaposa Levier ex Willk. Jurinea pyrenaica Gren. & Godr. Saussurea mollis (Cav.) Spreng. Serratula humilis Desf. Serratula mollis Cav. Serratula subacaulis Poir. |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, POR Portugal, SPA Spain) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, MOR Morocco) |