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Scabiosa nitens - Flower head - Click to enlarge!

Flower head; Faial Botanical Garden, Faial, Azores, Portugal; 8/2016 © Jörn Germer

Scabiosa nitens - Flower head, side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower head, side view; Faial Botanical Garden, Faial, Azores, Portugal; 8/2016 © Jörn Germer

Scabiosa nitens - Foliage - Click to enlarge!

Foliage; Faial Botanical Garden, Faial, Azores, Portugal; 8/2016 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 2635
Date of entry: 11.03.2020
Last update: 16.03.2020

Common name

English: Azorean scabious

Portuguese: Saudades

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2616)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2519)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2128)

      Order: Dipsacales (33)

        Family: Caprifoliaceae (18)(family description)

          Genus: Scabiosa (4)

            Epithet: nitens Roem. & Schult. (1)

nitens => shining, smooth and clear, lustrous

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: brown, violet, pink, yellow

External links

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World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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