Scabiosa nitens Roem. & Schult.

English: Azorean scabious

Portuguese: Saudades

Kingdom: Plantae (2634)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2145)

      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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