Hispanopedia WikiScabiosa 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 deciduousperennial.[4] In the wild in Europe it prefers to grow in calcareousgrasslands.[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]
- Scabiosa columbaria subsp. banatica(Waldst. & Kit.) Diklic
- Scabiosa columbaria subsp. caespitosaJamzad
- Scabiosa columbaria subsp. columbaria
- Scabiosa columbaria subsp. pratensis(St.-Lag.) Braun-Blanq.
References
- ↑Sp. Pl.: 99 (1753)
- 123"Scabiosa columbaria L."Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- 12"Scabiosa columbaria small scabious". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
Other common names; lilac-flowered scabious
- ↑Ani Ko, Tomasz (January 2008). When Perennials Bloom: An Almanac for Planning and Planting. p. 413. ISBN 9780881928877.
- ↑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.
Categories:
- Scabiosa
- Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
- Plants described in 1753