Campanulaceae

Sheepbit

Jasione montana L.

Family: Campanulaceae
Genus: Jasione

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Sheepbit (Jasione montana) — FlowerPhoto: Brenda Black, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (27)

arz: جاسيون مونتانا
Asturian: Té la peña
Belarusian: Букашнік горны, Вобмарак звычайны, Лясная скабіоза, Начаквет, Начнік, Начніца, Начнічнік, Обмарак
Bulgarian: Планинско вятърче
Chinese: 伤愈草, 菊头桔梗
Czech: Pavinec horský
Danish: Almindelig Blåmunke
Dutch: Zandblauwtje
English: Sheepbit, Sheep's bit scabious
Estonian: Harilik sininukk
Finnish: Vuorimunkki
frr: Sunknoop
German: Berg-Sandglöckchen, Berg-Jasione, Bergnelke, Bergsandglöckchen, Sandknöpfchen, Schaf-Skabiose, Schafskabiose
gv: Bossan gorrym
Irish: Duán na gcaorach
kw: Botonyow glas
Lithuanian: Kalninė austėja
Norwegian Bokmål: Blåmunke
Polish: Jasieniec piaskowy
Russian: Букашник горный
Slovak: Pávinec horský
Spanish: Bolra azul, Boton azul, Botón azul, Diente de oveja, Flor de maria azul, Flor de maría azul, Te de monte
Swedish: Blåmunkar, Monke
Tatar: Тау бөҗәк чәчәге
Turkish: Kumçanı
Ukrainian: Агалик-трава гірська, Головайчик, Комашник гірський, Польова волотка
Welsh: Clefryn

Synonyms

Jasione corymbosa subsp. blepharodon (Boiss. & Reut.) Batt.
Jasione corymbosa var. littoralis Pau
Jasione mediterranea Rouy
Jasione montana f. depressa (Huet de Pav. ex Arcang.) Schmeja
Jasione montana f. echinata (Boiss. & Reut.) Schmeja
Jasione montana f. rossularis Schmeja
Jasione montana subsp. depressa Huet de Pav. ex Arcang.
Jasione montana subsp. echinata (Boiss. & Reut.) Nyman
Jasione montana subsp. stolonifera (A.DC.) Arcang.
Jasione montana var. aetnensis Lojac.
Jasione montana var. boreaui Rouy
Jasione montana var. bracteosa Willk.
Jasione montana var. carionii (Boreau) Nyman
Jasione montana var. echinata (Boiss. & Reut.) Willk.
Jasione montana var. glaberrima Merino
Jasione montana var. glabra Peterm.
Jasione montana var. gracilis Lange
Jasione montana var. gracilis Timb.-Lagr.
Jasione montana var. hirsuta Duby
Jasione montana var. hispida Beck
Jasione montana var. laevis Duby
Jasione montana var. latifolia Pugsley
Jasione montana var. litoralis Fr.
Jasione montana var. littoralis Boiss.
Jasione montana var. lusitanica (A.DC.) Schmeja
Jasione montana var. major Mert. & W.D.J.Koch
Jasione montana var. megaphylla C.Vicioso
Jasione montana var. nana Boreau
Jasione montana var. nana Gren. & Godr.
Jasione montana var. prolifera DC.
Jasione montana var. stolonifera A.DC.
Jasione montana var. tenella Peterm.
Jasione montana var. timbalii Rouy
Jasione montana var. umbellata Lapeyr.
Jasione perennis var. carionii Boreau
Jasione vulgaris Gaterau
Ovilla globulariifolia Bubani
Phyteuma montanum C.Spreng.

Flowers

In flower: May to September (from 1,411 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Brenda Black, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Nicolaj Schmidt Damgaard, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Thomas Gyselinck, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Emil Jantke, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alun Williams333, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: 4028mdk09, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Laurie Beaufils, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Radio Tonreg from Vienna, Austria, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: mireille thibault, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Luis Ferreira, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.