Jurinea

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Read about Jurinea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Jurinea (named for Louis Jurine, 1751-1819, professor of medicine). Compdsitae. Herbs or sub- shrubs, one of which is offered for the wild garden: lvs. gray or white-tomentose beneath or on both sides, pinnate or entire, unarmed: fls. purple: achenes 4-5- sided, seldom compressed, crowned with a pappus of unequal rough hairs.—Over 50 species from Cent, and S. Eu., N. W. Afr., to Cent. Asia. None of the species is of great horticultural value, although sometimes cult. They thrive in any ordinary garden soil and are prop, by seeds or division of the roots in spring. J. alata, Cass. Height 3-4 ft.: perennial, or according to Boissier, biennial: st. erect, winged below, 1-1 ½ft. high: radical lvs. 6 in. long, oblong and lyrate, nearly glabrous above and canescent beneath: st.-lvs. lanceolate, sinuatcdentate, decurrent: heads hemispherical, long-peduncled, the involucre-bracts narrow-linear and the outer ones short-mucronulate and the apex spreading; florets purplish blue: achene 4-angled and muricate, the pappus exceeding it. Caucasus. J.H. III. 66:442. While J. alata is definitely described as biennial and as reaching a height of 18 in. in cult., the plant grown under this name, and which is apparently correctly determined, is said to be perennial and to grow 3-4 ft. high, having a silvery aspect in the foliage. L.H.B. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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