Asteraceae
Jacobaea

Jacobaea maritima (L.) Pelser & Meijden

First published in R.Meijden, Heukels' Fl. Nederland, ed. 23: 677 (2005)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. & Central Medit. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. It is used as a poison and a medicine and has environmental uses.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Cultivada en Colombia; Alt. 1500 - 2600 m.; Andes.
Morphology General Habit
Hierba
[CPLC]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 1500–2600 m a.s.l. Cultivated in Colombia. Naturalised in Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Bogotá DC, Cundinamarca.
Habit
Herb.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: shrubland, artificial - terrestrial.
[UPFC]

Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. & Hind, D. J. N. (Eds). (2019). Flora of Iraq, Volume 6: Compositae.Kew Publishing

Morphology General Habit
tall Erect bushy perennial up to 70 cm
Morphology Stem
Stems much-branched from base and often also above, stout, densely white-tomentose to glabrescent, non-flowering stems bearing rosettes of leaves
Morphology Leaves
Main cauline leaves ovate in outline, 4–13 × 2.5–7 cm, pinnatisect with pinnae frequently pinnatifid or pinnatipartite with blunt segments to sinuate-dentate or  lyrate, densely white-tomentose on lower surface, green and arachnoid or glabrescent above, distinctly petiolate; upper leaves reducing, sessile
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence a terminal compound corymb, many-headed, usually dense, more rarely lax with long pedicels
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum
Capitula 1–1.5 cm in diameter, involucre campanulate; phyllaries narrowly oblong, 5–7 mm, densely white- tomentose to very sparsely so or glabrous; calycular bracts 1–2 (–4)  mm,  indumentum similar to that of phyllaries
Ray
Rays yellow, 4–6 mm, 4-veined
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achenes glabrous, 1.5–2.5 mm; pappus 4–5 mm, dirty white.
Ecology
Sometimes cultivated on the alluvial plain in Iraq at Experimental Stations and perhaps also occasionally in gardens; alt. ± 35 m.;
Phenology
flowering & fruiting: Mar.-May.
Distribution
Iraq. Native of the Mediterranean region from Spain to Turkey, locally naturalised, especially on sea cliffs, from Britain to the Crimea.
Vernacular
Cineraria (Engl.); Silver Ragwort (Engl.); Dusty Miller (Engl., Am.).
[FIQ]

Vernacular
Cineraria
[UPFC]

Uses

Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
Use Poisons
Poisons.
[UPFC]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Iraq

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0