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Scabiosa columbaria - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Alvor, Algarve, Portugal; 6/2010 © Jörn Germer

Scabiosa columbaria - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Baiona, Alentejo, Portugal; 8/2007 © Jörn Germer

Scabiosa columbaria - Fully opened inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Fully opened inflorescence; Baiona, Alentejo, Portugal; 8/2007 © Jörn Germer

Scabiosa columbaria - Infructescence - Click to enlarge!

Infructescence; Alvor, Algarve, Portugal; 6/2010 © Jörn Germer

Scabiosa columbaria - Infructescence - Click to enlarge!

Infructescence; Baiona, Alentejo, Portugal; 8/2007 © Jörn Germer

Scabiosa columbaria - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Baiona, Alentejo, Portugal; 8/2007 © Jörn Germer

Scabiosa columbaria - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Alvor, Algarve, Portugal; 6/2010 © Jörn Germer

Scabiosa columbaria - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Baiona, Alentejo, Portugal; 8/2007 © Jörn Germer

Scabiosa columbaria - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Alvor, Algarve, Portugal; 6/2010 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 717
Date of entry: 06.02.2008
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Pincushion Flower, Small Scabious

German: Tauben-Skabiose

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Dipsacales (35)

        Family: Dipsacaceae (5)(family description)

          Genus: Scabiosa (4)

            Epithet: columbaria L. (1)

Synonym: Columbaria vulgaris J.Presl & C.Presl

columbaria => dove-coloured

vulgaris => common, everyday

Characteristics

Climate: temperate, sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: violet, pink

External links

Check for Scabiosa columbaria at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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