Inflorescence; Cabanas de Tavira, Algarve, Portugal; 8/2008 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaf; Cabanas de Tavira, Algarve, Portugal; 8/2008 © Jörn Germer
Leaf insertion; Cabanas de Tavira, Algarve, Portugal; 8/2008 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Cabanas de Tavira, Algarve, Portugal; 8/2008 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 1037 Date of entry: 01.04.2009 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Giant Scabious
German: Weißblütiger Schuppenkopf
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Dipsacales (35)
Family: Caprifoliaceae (22)(family description)
Genus: Cephalaria (3)
Epithet: leucantha Ledeb. (2)
leucantha => bearing white flowers
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: white
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