Edraianthus tenuifolius (Waldst. et Kit.) A. DC.

Family:

Campanulaceae

Place of publishing:

in DC., Prodr. 7: 449 (1839)

Synonyms:

Hedraianthus tenuifolius (Waldst. et Kit.) DC., Campanula tenuifolia Waldst. et Kit., Wahlenbergia tenuifolia (Waldst. et Kit.) A. DC.

Common names:

Narrowleaf Grassy Bells

Description:

Perennial plant with a prostrate or upright stem up to 15 cm high. It is densely covered with thick hairs. The leaves are linear, 75-120 mm long and 0.4-1.5 mm wide. At the edge, the eyelashes are hairy. The flowers form a multi-flowered inflorescence with up to 15 flowers. The flowering leaves are numerous, very broad at the base, almost spherical, and then sharply narrowed. The bell-shaped corolla is blue-violet, 1-2.5 cm long, bare or slightly hairy. Flowers from May to July. The fruit is a quiver with many seeds.

Flowering season:

From May to July.

Habitat:

It inhabits Mediterranean and sub-Mediterranean habitats, it penetrates considerably inland through the canyons of the rivers of the Adriatic basin.

General distribution:

It is an endemic species of the Dinarides.

Threat status:

The species is on the Red List of Flora of FBiH (Đug et al., 2013) under the category NT - almost endangered species. Also, it is on the Red List of the flora of the RS (Anonymus, 2012).

Attractions:

The species was described by botanists F. de P.A. von Waldstein and P. Kitaibel in the 2nd volume of the work "Descriptiones et icones plantarum rariorum Hungariae" from 1805 as a species of Campanula tenuifolia Waldst. et Kit. In the monograph on bluebells, the narrow-leaved bluebell is treated as part of the genus Wahlenbergia [Wahlenbergia tenuifolia (Waldst. et Ki.t) A.DC], and later this bluebell was placed in the genus Edraianthus (A. DC.) DC. [Prod. 7(2): 449 (1839)]. A number of lower taxonomic categories were described (Edraianthus tenuifolius (Waldst et Kit.) A.DC. f. pendulus Lakušić, Edraianthus tenuifolius (Waldst et Kit.) A.DC. f. semiglaber G. Beck, Edraianthus tenuifolius (Waldst et Kit. .) A.DC. f. giganteus Lakušić, etc. The closest relative of the narrow-leaved bluebell is our stenoendem Edraianthus hercegovinus K. Malý, which is the only one represented on Jelenka - Čvrsnica planina (Malý, 1906).

Basic literature

Waldstein, A., Kitaibel, P. (1805). Descriptiones et icones plantarum rariorum Hungariae. Vol II. Typis matthiae andreae Schmidt, Universit, Typogr, Vienna.

De Candolle, A.P. (1830). Monographie des Campanulalées. Chez M., Veuve Desray, Paris.

Wettstein, R. (1887). Monographie der Gattung Hadraeanthus. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse. 53(2): 185−218, Wien.

Malý, K. (1906). Hedraianthus hercegovinus (Wahlenbergia hercegovina). Gazette of the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 18 (3): 277, Sarajevo.

Janchen, E. (1910). Die Edraianthus-Arten der Balkanländer. Mitt. Naturw. Ver. Univers., 8: 1-40, Wien, 8 (1): 1-40.

Lakušić, R. (1973). Natural system of populations and species of genus Edraianthus DC. Yearbook of the Biological Institute of the University of Sarajevo, Special Issue 26: 1-130, Sarajevo.

Lakušić, R. (1988). Protoedraianthus Lakušić Status nov. In: Slišković, T. (ed.) Proceedings of the scientific meeting "Minerals, rocks, extinct and living world of Bosnia and Herzegovina (7-8. X 1988)", National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, pp. 263-272, Sarajevo.

Šilić, Č. (1984). Endemic plants. Institute for textbooks and teaching aids, Svjetlost, Belgrade, Sarajevo.

Šilić, Č. (2002). Endemic and rare plants of the Blidinje Nature Park. Matica Croatia, Čitluk Branch.

Surina, B., Schönswetter, P., Schneeweiss, G.M. (2011). Quaternary rank dynamics of ecologically divergent species (Edraianthus serpyllifolius and E. tenuifolius, Campanulaceae) with the Balkan refugium. Journal of Biogeography 38: 1381-1393.

Anonymous (2012). Red list of protected species of flora and fauna of the Republic of Srpska. Retrieved from: http://nasljedje.org/prirodno-nasljedje/202; available 07/02/2023.

Đug, S., Muratović, E., Drešković, E., Boškailo, A., Dudević, S. (2013). Red list of the flora of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Draft report - Proposal. Project of Forest and Mountain Protected Areas, "NGO Green way" and "Federal Ministry of Environment and Tourism", Sarajevo. pp. 1- 347.

Mihelj, D., Šoljan, D. (2015). Historical review of research on the genus Edraianthus A. DC. (Campanulaceae) in the flora of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Natural Sciences, Journal of the Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics of Matica Hrvatska, 15(1-2): 205-224, Sarajevo.

Nikolić, T., Milović, M., Bogdanović, S., Jasprica, N. (2015). Endemics in Croatian flora. Alfa, Zagreb.

Boskailo, A. (2017). Edraianthus tenuifolius (Waldst. et Kit.) A.DC. In: Get to know the unique plant world of the Mediterranean and sub-Mediterranean regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina part II (Boškailo, A., ed.). Association for Biological Research and Nature Protection. Available at: http://www.biolog.ba/98-upoznaj-jedinstveni-biljni-svijet-mediterana-i-submediterana-bosne-i-hercegovine-ii-dio.html. Accessed on 02 July 2023.

Boskailo, A., Boskailo, S. (2023). Flora of the City of Mostar. Monograph. (Manuscript).