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Common name

English: Pincushion Flower, Small Scabious

German: Tauben-Skabiose

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      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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