Scabiosa columbaria

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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


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