Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Scabiosa L. [863]

genus_ja:

genus_en: Pincushion flower, Scabious

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accepted: Accepted

Family: Caprifoliaceae

family_ja: スイカズラ

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distribution_en:

description_en: Genus of about 80 species of annuals, biennials, and perennials from sunny sites, dry meadows, and rocky slopes, mostly in the Mediterranean region, but also in the rest of Europe, the Caucasus, Africa, Asia, and Japan. They have mainly basal leaves, which are simple and entire or lobed, pinnatifid, or pinnatisect, and produce compound or solitary, blue, white, yellow, or pink flowerheads with domed, pincushion-like central florets and larger marginal florets. The smaller perennial species are ideal for a rock garden, while the taller ones are suitable for a sunny herbaceous or mixed border, or a wild garden; the annuals are excellent in borders. Long-flowering species and cultivars are ideal for window-boxes or containers on a patio. Many are also good for cutting. All are attractive to bees and butterflies.

hardiness_en: Fully hardy to frost hardy.

cultivation_en:

propagation_en: Sow seed of annuals and biennials at 6-12°C (43-54°F) in early spring, or in situ in mid-spring; sow seed of perennials in containers in a cold frame as soon as ripe or in spring. Divide, or take basal cuttings of perennials, in spring.

pests_en: Trouble free.

description_ja:

comment: Temp. Eurasia, E. Africa

comment_ja: マツムシソウ

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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2020-09-04 03:56

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