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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = '' Knautia ''
| image = Acker-Witwenblume Knautia arvensis.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = Knautia arvensis
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Dipsacales]]
| familia = [[Dipsacaceae]]
| genus = '''''Knautia'''''
| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
See text.
}}

'''''Knautia''''' is a genus in the family [[Dipsacaceae]]. The common names of these [[flower]]s are a variant of "widow flower." Others are given the name "Scabious," although this word belongs to a related genus (''[[Scabiosa]]'').

Species include:

* ''[[Knautia arvensis]]'' - Meadow Widow Flower, Blue Buttons, Field Scabious
* ''Knautia carinthiaca''
* ''Knautia drymeia'' - Hungarian Widow Flower
* ''Knautia kitaiebellii''
* ''Knautia longifolia'' - Long Leaf Widow Flower
* ''Knautia Macedonica''
* ''Knautia maxima'' - Forest Widow Flower
* ''Knautia norica''

[[Image:Greenandsnow001.jpg|thumb|right|A species that remains green through winter]]

[[Category:Dipsacales]]
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