Scabiosa caucasica
Scabiosa caucasica | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Dipsacales |
Family: | Caprifoliaceae |
Genus: | Scabiosa |
Species: | S. caucasica
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Binomial name | |
Scabiosa caucasica | |
Synonyms[citation needed] | |
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Scabiosa caucasica, the Caucasian pincushion flower,[1] pincushion-flower[2] or Caucasian scabious, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae, native to the Caucasus, north eastern Turkey, and northern Iran. Growing to 60 cm (24 in) tall and broad, it is a clump-forming perennial with divided leaves. Pincushion-shaped buds, borne on erect stems, open to pale blue or lavender flower heads, 8 cm (3 in) in diameter, from late summer through to autumn.[3]
The plant is highly attractive to bees and other pollinating insects.[4]
Cultivars[]
Numerous cultivars have been developed for garden use, in shades of red, purple, pink, blue and white. The cultivars 'Clive Greaves'[5] (lavender blue) and 'Miss Willmott'[6] (white) have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[7]
Other cultivars include:-
- 'Blue Perfection' (blue)
- 'Bressingham White' (white)
- 'Claire Greaves' (lavender blue)
- 'Compliment' (large blue)
- 'Fama' (large lavender blue)
- 'Floral Queen' (light blue)
- 'Loddon White' (white)
- 'Moonbeam Blue' (dark blue)
- 'Mrs Isaac House' (creamy white)
- 'Perfecta' (dark lavender blue)
- 'Perfecta Alba Blanc' (white)
- 'Staefa' (blue)
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References[]
- ^ "Scabiosa caucasica". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
- ^ Val Bourne. "Telegraph - how to grow - Scabiosa caucasica". Retrieved 3 June 2013.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Scabiosa caucasica 'Clive Greaves'". Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Scabiosa caucasica 'Miss Willmott'". Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 95. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- Botanica, Einjährige und mehrjährige Pflanzen, Über 2000 Pflanzenporträts, ISBN 978-3-8331-4469-1, paĝe 790 (German)
- Lomelosia caucasica at The Plant List
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