Inflorescence; Ratholz, Immenstadt im Allgäu, Germany; 8/2009 © Jörn Germer
Inflorescence, infructescence and flower buds; Ratholz, Immenstadt im Allgäu, Germany; 8/2009 © Jörn Germer
Infructescence; Ratholz, Immenstadt im Allgäu, Germany; 8/2009 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaf; Ratholz, Immenstadt im Allgäu, Germany; 8/2009 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Ratholz, Immenstadt im Allgäu, Germany; 8/2009 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 1272 Date of entry: 20.04.2010 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Wood Scabious
German: Wald-Witwenblume
Kingdom: Plantae (2597)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2494)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2109)
Order: Dipsacales (30)
Family: Dipsacaceae (4)(family description)
Genus: Knautia (1)
Epithet: dipsacifolia Heuff. (1)
dipsacifolia => having Dipsacus-like leaves
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: violet
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