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Pincushion flowers
Scabiosa
Scabiosa /skeɪbiˈoʊsə/ is a genus in the honeysuckle family (Caprifoliaceae) of flowering plants. Many of the species in this genus have common names that include the word scabious; however some plants commonly known as scabious are currently classified in related genera such as Knautia and Succisa; at least some of these were formerly placed in Scabiosa. Another common name for members of this genus is pincushion flowers.
55 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Cream Scabious
speciesScabiosa ochroleuca
Small Scabious
speciesScabiosa columbaria
Shining Scabious
speciesScabiosa lucida
Scabiosa triandra
speciesScabiosa triandra
Northeastern scabious
speciesScabiosa comosa
Fragrant scabious
speciesScabiosa canescens
Cape Scabious
speciesScabiosa africana
Scabiosa lacerifolia
speciesScabiosa lacerifolia
Scabiosa bipinnata
speciesScabiosa bipinnata
Scabiosa praemontana
speciesScabiosa praemontana
Scabiosa japonica
speciesScabiosa japonica
Wooly-leaf scabious
speciesScabiosa lachnophylla
Beach Scabious
speciesScabiosa incisa
Pyrenean Scabious
speciesScabiosa cinerea
Azorean Scabious
speciesScabiosa nitens
Scabiosa silenifolia
speciesScabiosa silenifolia
Scabiosa velenovskiana
speciesScabiosa velenovskiana
Scabiosa pyrenaica
speciesScabiosa pyrenaica
Scabiosa tenuis
speciesScabiosa tenuis
Scabiosa turolensis
speciesScabiosa turolensis
Scabiosa uniseta
speciesScabiosa uniseta
Scabiosa holosericea
speciesScabiosa holosericea
Scabiosa olivieri
speciesScabiosa olivieri
Scabiosa owerinii
speciesScabiosa owerinii
Tyrolean Scabious
speciesScabiosa vestina
Dragon Scabious
speciesScabiosa drakensbergensis
Scabiosa delminiana
speciesScabiosa delminiana
Scabiosa triniifolia
speciesScabiosa triniifolia
Scabiosa webbiana
speciesScabiosa webbiana
Scabiosa corsica
speciesScabiosa corsica
Scabiosa tysonii
speciesScabiosa tysonii
Scabiosa imeretica
speciesScabiosa imeretica
Scabiosa andryalifolia
speciesScabiosa andryalifolia
Scabiosa buekiana
speciesScabiosa buekiana
Scabiosa georgica
speciesScabiosa georgica
Scabiosa mollissima
speciesScabiosa mollissima
Scabiosa hyrcanica
speciesScabiosa hyrcanica
Scabiosa albanensis
speciesScabiosa albanensis
Scabiosa fumarioides
speciesScabiosa fumarioides
Scabiosa crinita
speciesScabiosa crinita
Scabiosa colchica
speciesScabiosa colchica
Scabiosa taygetea
speciesScabiosa taygetea
Scabiosa balcanica
speciesScabiosa balcanica
Scabiosa angustiloba
speciesScabiosa angustiloba
Scabiosa sosnowskyi
speciesScabiosa sosnowskyi
Scabiosa hispidula
speciesScabiosa hispidula
Scabiosa jezoensis
speciesScabiosa jezoensis
Scabiosa transvaalensis
speciesScabiosa transvaalensis
Scabiosa paphlagonica
speciesScabiosa paphlagonica
Scabiosa parviflora
speciesScabiosa parviflora
Scabiosa solymica
speciesScabiosa solymica
Scabiosa cephalarioides
speciesScabiosa cephalarioides
Scabiosa correvoniana
speciesScabiosa correvoniana
Scabiosa adzharica
speciesScabiosa adzharica
Scabiosa austroafricana
speciesScabiosa austroafricana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Latin Herbal
1484 · p.289
Herbarius
1485 · p.290
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.290
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1141
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.377
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.317
Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.287
Herbal of Virtues
1499 · p.289
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.278
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.750
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.748
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.314
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Scabiosa in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 72344.