Determined according to the botanical key provided by Kožuharov in 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 grasslands, hill pastures. Calcicole.
Flowering period: Late spring- early summer: MAY, JUN.
Jurinea arachnoidea – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 01.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Jurinea arachnoidea – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 01.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Jurinea arachnoidea – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 01.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Jurinea arachnoidea – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 01.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Jurinea arachnoidea – capitula. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 01.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Jurinea arachnoidea – capitulum. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 01.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Jurinea arachnoidea – capitulum. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 01.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Jurinea arachnoidea – capitulum – florets and involucre. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 01.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Jurinea arachnoidea – capitulum – florets and involucre. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 01.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Jurinea arachnoidea – florets. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 01.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Jurinea arachnoidea – florets. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 01.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Jurinea arachnoidea – involucre. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 01.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Jurinea arachnoidea – involucre. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 01.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Jurinea arachnoidea – involucre. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 01.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Jurinea arachnoidea – stem. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 01.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Jurinea arachnoidea – stem. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 01.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Jurinea arachnoidea – stem and cauline leaf. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 01.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Jurinea arachnoidea – lower part of stems and lower cauline leves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 01.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Jurinea arachnoidea – basal leaves and lower part of stems with lower cauline leves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 01.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Jurinea arachnoidea – basal leaves and lower part of stems with lower cauline leves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 01.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Jurinea arachnoidea – basal leaves and lower part of stems with lower cauline leves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 01.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Jurinea arachnoidea – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 01.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Jurinea arachnoidea – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 01.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.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. 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 – capitulum and stem. 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 – involucre of developing capitulum. 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 at https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/40e215be-27ae-49c7-ad54-ccaa6cb6402a [Accessed 18.02.2024].
Jurinea Cass. Kožuharov, S. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1976). Flora Europaea. Volume 4: Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 218 – 220.
