Scabiosa caucasica
Scabiosa caucasica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Dipsacales |
Family: | Caprifoliaceae |
Genus: | Scabiosa |
Species: | S. caucasica |
Binomial name | |
Scabiosa caucasica M.Bieb. | |
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] and 'Miss Willmott'[6] have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Other cultivars include:-
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References
- ↑ "Scabiosa caucasica". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- ↑ "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-02-25. 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 3 June 2013.
- ↑ "RHS Plant Selector - Scabiosa caucasica 'Miss Willmott'". Retrieved 3 June 2013.
- Botanica, Einjährige und mehrjährige Pflanzen, Über 2000 Pflanzenporträts, ISBN 978-3-8331-4469-1, paĝe 790 (German)