| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Jurinea mollis (L.) Rchb. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Fl. Germ. Excurs. 1: 290 (1831) |
| Native Range | c. Europe to Caucasus |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and thickets |
| Altitude | 0-2200m |
| Description | leaves 4-10cm long, pinnatisect, segments lanceolate, margins revolute, sinuate, capitula solitary, spherical, 35-45mm across, involucre lanate |
| Size | 30-60cm |
| Color | purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Acarna mollis (L.) Besser Carduus mollis L. Carduus simplex Sweet Cirsium molle Scop. Cnicus mollis Roth Jurinea heterophylla Schur Jurinea integrifolia Schur Jurinea mollis f. erectobracteata F.Conti Serratula cyanoides Gaertn. Serratula mollis (L.) Wallr. Serratula mollis var. clusiana Wallr. Serratula mollis var. sprengeliana Wallr. Serratula simplex DC. Tulakenia mollis (L.) Raf. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, HUN Hungary) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, TUE Turkey-in-Europe, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (KRY Krym, RUC Central European Russia, RUE East European Russia, RUS South European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus) 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is., TUR Turkey) |