Flower head; Faial Botanical Garden, Faial, Azores, Portugal; 8/2016 © Jörn Germer
Flower head, side view; Faial Botanical Garden, Faial, Azores, Portugal; 8/2016 © Jörn Germer
Foliage; Faial Botanical Garden, Faial, Azores, Portugal; 8/2016 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 2635 Date of entry: 11.03.2020 Last update: 16.03.2020
English: Azorean scabious
Portuguese: Saudades
Kingdom: Plantae (2625)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2528)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2137)
Order: Dipsacales (33)
Family: Caprifoliaceae (18)(family description)
Genus: Scabiosa (4)
Epithet: nitens Roem. & Schult. (1)
nitens => shining, smooth and clear, lustrous
Climate: temperate
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: brown, violet, pink, yellow
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