Jurinea pontica Hausskn. & Freyn ex Hausskn. Kavotu (in Turkish)

Jurinea pontica Hausskn. & Freyn ex Hausskn. - Kavotu (in Turkish)

Scientific Description:

Perennial. Stems 20−70(−125) cm, usually branched above, diameter ranging from 2−6 mm at base to 1−2 mm above, leafy throughout. Radical leaves 3−12 cm, pinnatisect, lobes narrowly linear with revolute margin; median cauline leaves decurrent, pinnatisect, 1.5−7 cm; uppermost leaves entire, linear (2−25 × 1−2 mm), longer ones decurrent. Stem and leaf indumentum as in Jurinea consanguinea. Capitula usually many (5−15), borne on (l−)5−20 cm branchlets. Involucre subglobose, 15 × 10−20 mm; phyllaries 6−7-seriate, (90−)100−130; outer 2−4 × 1 mm, median 4−7 × 1 mm, herbaceous, arachnoid, with glabrous, black, reflexed to erect tips; inner 10−12 × 1−2 mm, glabrous, spinescent and erect. Flowers purple. Achenes smooth to longitudinally striate, 3 mm. Pappus hairs barbellate.

 

Flowering time: June−August.

Habitat: Woods, steppe, fields and slopes, 50−1450 m.

 

Reference:
Danin A & Davis PH (1975). Jurinea pontica Hausskn. & Freyn ex Hausskn., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 5: 446.

Public Description:

Jurinea pontica is a endemic species to Türkiye and known as “kavotu” in Turkish. It is a perennial herb with purple flowers, and grows up to 125 cm in length. It blooms between June and August and is found in woods, steppe, fields and slopes.

 

References:

Anonymous (2017). http://vanherbaryum.yyu.edu.tr/flora/azortandir/jurineapo/index.htm,Accessed date: 16.11.2017.

Doğan B (2012). Jurinea L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 176–177.