Scabiosa columbaria

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Scabiosa columbaria
Scabiosa columbaria Butterfly Blue 2.jpg
'Butterfly Blue' cultivar
Scabiosa columbaria Pink Mist.jpg
'Pink Mist' cultivar
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Dipsacales
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Genus: Scabiosa
Species:
S. columbaria
Binomial name
Scabiosa columbaria
Synonyms [2]
List
    • Asterocephalus amoenusSpreng.
    • Asterocephalus columbaria(L.) Wallr.
    • Asterocephalus mollissimusSpreng.
    • Asterocephalus pumilusSpreng.
    • Asterocephalus pyrenaicusSweet
    • Columbaria minorGray
    • Columbaria patensFourr.
    • Columbaria rubellaOpiz ex Steud.
    • Columbaria vulgarisJ.Presl & C.Presl
    • Scabiosa acaulisThunb.
    • Scabiosa amoenaJ.Jacq.
    • Scabiosa balbiniiSennen & Elías
    • Scabiosa bellidis-foliaGilib.
    • Scabiosa brigantiacaJord.
    • Scabiosa caeruleaGueldenst.
    • Scabiosa caesaraugustanaEcheand.
    • Scabiosa columbaria f. pilosaGamisans
    • Scabiosa columbaria subsp. tineensisM.Laínz
    • Scabiosa communisRouy
    • Scabiosa commutataRoem. & Schult.
    • Scabiosa crassicaulaE.Mey.
    • Scabiosa crenataLucé
    • Scabiosa grisea(Sommier & Levier) Grossh.
    • Scabiosa hyrcanicaSteven
    • Scabiosa koelziiRech.f.
    • Scabiosa laciniataLicht. ex Roem. & Schult.
    • Scabiosa levieriPorta
    • Scabiosa longepedunculataHornem.
    • Scabiosa longicinctaPau
    • Scabiosa nitidaBernh. ex Roem. & Schult.
    • Scabiosa nudicaulisLam.
    • Scabiosa orophilaTimb.-Lagr. & Jeanb.
    • Scabiosa pallidaE.Mey.
    • Scabiosa patensJord.
    • Scabiosa peduncularisRouy
    • Scabiosa permixtaJord. ex Boreau
    • Scabiosa polymorphaWeigel
    • Scabiosa pumilaBurm.f.
    • Scabiosa purpureaSulak.
    • Scabiosa rubellaOpiz ex Mert. & W.D.J.Koch
    • Scabiosa spretaJord.
    • Scabiosa subalpinaBrügger
    • Scabiosa thunbergiiRoem. & Schult.
    • Scabiosa tolosanaTimb.-Lagr. & Jeanb.
    • Sclerostemma columbarium(L.) Schott
    • Succisa columbaria(L.) Moench

Scabiosa columbaria, called the small scabious or dwarf pincushion flower, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the genus Scabiosa , native to Europe, Africa, and western Asia, from Sweden to Angola. [2] [3] In the garden it is a short-lived deciduous perennial. [4] In the wild in Europe it prefers to grow in calcareous grasslands. [5]

Growing to 1 m (3.3 ft) tall by 0.5 m (1.6 ft), it has simple branched grey-green leaves, and pale lavender or blue multi-petalled flowers from summer to autumn. [3]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are currently accepted: [2]

References

  1. ↑ Sp. Pl.: 99 (1753)
  2. 1 2 3 "Scabiosa columbaria L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Scabiosa columbaria small scabious". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 31 December 2020. Other common names; lilac-flowered scabious
  4. ↑ Ani Ko, Tomasz (January 2008). When Perennials Bloom: An Almanac for Planning and Planting. p. 413. ISBN   9780881928877.
  5. ↑ Reisch, Christoph; Poschlod, Peter (2009). "Land use affects flowering time: Seasonal and genetic differentiation in the grassland plant Scabiosa columbaria". Evolutionary Ecology. 23 (5): 753–764. Bibcode:2009EvEco..23..753R. doi:10.1007/s10682-008-9270-4. S2CID   32021366.
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