Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 4 (Tutin et al., 1976) as Jurinea consanguinea subsp. arachnoidea (Bunge) Kožuharov (syn. Jurinea arachnoidea Bunge). In The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Greuter, 2006+) the taxon is accepted at the species level.
Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from Bulgaria and Romania to Central Asia and Caucasus according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Habitat: Dry and open habitats- dry grassland/ hill pastures. Calcicole.
Flowering period: Late spring- early summer: MAY, JUN.
Jurinea arachnoidea – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Jurinea arachnoidea – capitulum. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Jurinea arachnoidea – capitulum. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Jurinea arachnoidea – fruiting capitulum. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Jurinea arachnoidea – plant base with basal and cauline leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Jurinea arachnoidea – habit in habitat. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 31.05.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Jurinea arachnoidea – habit in habitat. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 31.05.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Jurinea arachnoidea – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 31.05.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Jurinea arachnoidea – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 31.05.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Jurinea arachnoidea – flowering stems with capitula. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 31.05.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Jurinea arachnoidea – developing capitulum with involucre. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 31.05.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Jurinea arachnoidea – developing capitulum. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 31.05.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Jurinea arachnoidea – capitulum with florets. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 31.05.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Jurinea arachnoidea – capitulum with florets. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 31.05.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Jurinea arachnoidea – capitulum with florets. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 31.05.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Jurinea arachnoidea – fruiting capitulum with achenes. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 31.05.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Jurinea arachnoidea – plant base- basal leaves and lower part of flowering stems with lower cauline leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 31.05.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Jurinea arachnoidea – plant base- basal leaves and lower part of flowering stems with lower cauline leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 31.05.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Jurinea arachnoidea – plant base- basal leaves and lower part of flowering stems. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 31.05.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Jurinea arachnoidea. Greuter, W. (2006+): Compositae (pro parte majore). – In: Greuter, W. & Raab-Straube, E. von (ed.): Compositae. Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet https://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=124180&PTRefFk=7000000[Accessed 23.01.2022].
Osogovo nature 