Biology:Scabiosa caucasica
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Dipsacales |
| Family: | Caprifoliaceae |
| Genus: | Scabiosa |
| Species: | S. caucasica
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| Scabiosa caucasica | |
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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. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=SCCA21. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- ↑ (xls) BSBI List 2007, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, https://bsbi.org/download/3542/, retrieved 2014-10-17
- ↑ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. pp. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
- ↑ Val Bourne. "Telegraph - how to grow - Scabiosa caucasica". https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/howtogrow/3349645/How-to-grow-Scabiosa-caucasica.html. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
- ↑ "RHS Plant Selector - Scabiosa caucasica 'Clive Greaves'". https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/51023/Scabiosa-caucasica-Clive-Greaves/Details.
- ↑ "RHS Plant Selector - Scabiosa caucasica 'Miss Willmott'". https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/97845/Scabiosa-caucasica-Miss-Willmott/Details.
- ↑ "AGM Plants - Ornamental". Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 95. https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf. 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
Wikidata ☰ Q159804 entry
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