Scabiosa caucasica

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Scabiosa caucasica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Dipsacales
Family: Dipsacaceae
Genus: Scabiosa
Species: S. caucasica
Binomial name
Scabiosa caucasica
M.Bieb.

Scabiosa caucasica (Caucasian scabious) is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipsacaceae, native to the Caucasus, north eastern Turkey, and northern Iran. Growing to 60 cm (24 in) tall and broad, it is a clump-forming perennial with divided leaves. Pincushion-shaped buds, borne on erect stems, open to pale blue or lavender flower heads, 8 cm (3 in) in diameter, from late summer through to autumn.[1]

The plant is highly attractive to bees and other pollinating insects.[2]

Cultivars

Numerous cultivars have been developed for garden use, in shades of red, purple, pink, blue and white. The cultivars 'Clive Greaves'[3] and 'Miss Willmott'[4] have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Other cultivars include:-

  • 'Blue Perfection' (blue)
  • 'Bressingham White' (white)
  • 'Claire Greaves' (lavender blue)            
  • 'Compliment' (large blue)
  • 'Fama' (large lavender blue)
  • 'Floral Queen' (light blue)
  • 'Loddon White' (white)
  • 'Moonbeam Blue' (dark blue)
  • 'Mrs Isaac House' (creamy white)
  • 'Perfecta' (dark lavender blue)
  • 'Perfecta Alba Blanc' (white)
  • 'Staefa' (blue)

References

  • Botanica, Einjährige und mehrjährige Pflanzen, Über 2000 Pflanzenporträts, ISBN 978-3-8331-4469-1, paĝe 790 (German)
  1. ↑ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964. 
  2. ↑ Val Bourne. "Telegraph - how to grow - Scabiosa caucasica". Retrieved 03 June 2013. 
  3. ↑ "RHS Plant Selector - Scabiosa caucasica 'Clive Greaves'". Retrieved 03 June 2013. 
  4. ↑ "RHS Plant Selector - Scabiosa caucasica 'Miss Willmott'". Retrieved 03 June 2013. 
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