Jasione
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Jasione is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of flowering plants within the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Campanulaceae
Campanulaceae
The family Campanulaceae , of the order Asterales, contains about 2000 species in 70 genera of herbaceous plants, shrubs, and rarely small trees, often with milky non-toxic sap...

 which are native to Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

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Species include:
  • Jasione amethystina
  • Jasione bulgarica
  • Jasione crispa
  • Jasione echinata
  • Jasione foliosa
  • Jasione heldreichii
  • Jasione humilis
  • Jasione laevis
    Jasione laevis
    Jasione laevis is an ornamental plant. It was formerly known as Jasione perennis....

    (= Jasione perennis)
  • Jasione lusitanica
  • Jasione mansanetiana
    Jasione mansanetiana
    Jasione mansanetiana is a species of plant in the Campanulaceae family. It is endemic to Spain. Its natural habitat is rocky areas. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...

  • Jasione montana
    Jasione montana
    Sheep's bit scabious, Jasione montana, is a low-growing plant in the Campanulaceae family found in rocky places and upland regions of Europe and western Asia...

  • Jasione sphaerocephala
  • Jasione tomentosa
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