JACOBAEA GNAPHALIOIDES

Family:- COMPOSITAE

Common Names:- None

Synonyms:- Cineraria gnaphalioides, Conyza gnaphalioides, Conyza sieberi,

Senecio gnaphalioides

Meaning:- Jacobaea (L) Of ragwort.

Gnaphalioides (Gr) Felt-like.

General description:- Dwarf shrub.

Stems:-

1) 20-50 cm. branched at the base, densely white-tomentose.

Leaves:-

1) 5-15 x 0·3-0·8 cm (excluding lobes), linear, entire or with up to 4 distant, entire

lobes on each side, densely white-tomentose beneath, arachnoid-lanate,

greenish and more or less glabrescent above.

Flowers:-

1) Capitula many, 12-15 mm diam., in compound corymbs.

2) Involucre c. 7 mm, glabrous or arachnoid-lanate and glabrescent, reddish-tinged,

with up to 5 supplementary bracts 1-2 mm.

3) Ligules 10-13, 3-5 mm, yellow.

Fruit:-

1) Achenes usually more or less cylindrical, ribbed.

Key features:-

1) Densely white-tomentose, at least on stems and lower surface of the leaves.

2) Leaves linear, entire or with up to 4 distant lobes on each side.

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Habitat:- Limestone cliffs, rocky places in open dry shrubby vegetation, road

embankments. 50-500 m.

Distribution:- Endemic to E. Crete, Karpathos and Saria Island.

Flowering time:- Mid-June to Aug, occasionally later.

Photos by:- Yannis Zacharakis

Status:-

Conservation status (for threatened species): Rare (R) according to IUCN 1997

Protection status (for threatened species): Greek Presidential Decree 67/1981