English: Sheep's bit - Sheep's bit scabious
Nederlands: Zandblauwtje
Español: Botón azul
Français: Jasione des montagnes
Deutsch: Berg-Sandglöckchen - Berg-Sandrapunzel - Sandknöpfchen - Berg-Jasione
Family: Campanulaceae - Bellflower family
Flowering time: May-August
Height: 0,10-0,50cm
Altitude: to 1700m
Colour: blue, violet-blue, rarely pink or white
Habitat: grasslands, heaths, rocky hills, sea-cliffs, sandy soils
Distribution: throughout Europe, except in the far north
Notes: Locally abundant variable species that attracts many species of bees, wasps, flies, beetles, butterflies and moths.The Jasione montana is the only Jasione species to be found in the Netherlands and in Belgium.
Related key words: Alpujarras, finca, butterfly, insect