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Scabiosa africana - Flower head - Click to enlarge!

Flower head; Pretoria National Botanical Garden, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Scabiosa africana - Flower head - Click to enlarge!

Flower head; Pretoria National Botanical Garden, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Scabiosa africana - Inflorescence, side view - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence, side view; Pretoria National Botanical Garden, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Scabiosa africana - Infructescence - Click to enlarge!

Infructescence; Pretoria National Botanical Garden, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Scabiosa africana - Foliage - Click to enlarge!

Foliage; Pretoria National Botanical Garden, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1184
Date of entry: 21.09.2009
Last update: 12.01.2020

Common name

English: Cape Scabious

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Dipsacales (35)

        Family: Dipsacaceae (5)(family description)

          Genus: Scabiosa (4)

            Epithet: africana Sibth. & Sm. (7)

africana => of African origin

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: violet

External links

Check for Scabiosa africana at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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