Scabiosa columbaria

Plant Characteristics

Habit		herbaceous
Height:	⇕	24 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 24.
Width:	⇔	16 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 16.
Bloom:	❀	early summer, mid summer, late summer

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	sun, part-sun
Features:	✓	flowers
USDA Zones:		6 to 10
Flower features:	❀	blue, purple

Scientific Names

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Read about Scabiosa columbaria in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Scabiosa columbaria, Linn. A hardy perennial quite variable in character, 2 ft. high: st. branching, glabrous or nearly so: radical lvs. ovate-obtuse, crenate, membranous, pubescent on both sides; st.-lvs. glabrous, pinnately parted, the segms. linear, entire or slightly incised: fls. blue, in ovate-globular heads on long pubescent peduncles. June-Sept. Eu., Asia, Afr. Var. alba, Hort., is a white-fld. form. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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