Scabiosa columbaria

Scabiosa columbaria
'Butterfly Blue' cultivar
'Pink Mist' cultivar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Dipsacales
Family:	Caprifoliaceae
Genus:	Scabiosa
Species:	S. columbaria
Binomial name
Scabiosa columbaria L.[1]
Synonyms[2]
List Asterocephalus amoenus Spreng. Asterocephalus columbaria (L.) Wallr. Asterocephalus mollissimus Spreng. Asterocephalus pumilus Spreng. Asterocephalus pyrenaicus Sweet Columbaria minor Gray Columbaria patens Fourr. Columbaria rubella Opiz ex Steud. Columbaria vulgaris J.Presl & C.Presl Scabiosa acaulis Thunb. Scabiosa amoena J.Jacq. Scabiosa balbinii Sennen & Elías Scabiosa bellidis-folia Gilib. Scabiosa brigantiaca Jord. Scabiosa caerulea Gueldenst. Scabiosa caesaraugustana Echeand. Scabiosa columbaria f. pilosa Gamisans Scabiosa columbaria subsp. tineensis M.Laínz Scabiosa communis Rouy Scabiosa commutata Roem. & Schult. Scabiosa crassicaula E.Mey. Scabiosa crenata Lucé Scabiosa grisea (Sommier & Levier) Grossh. Scabiosa hyrcanica Steven Scabiosa koelzii Rech.f. Scabiosa laciniata Licht. ex Roem. & Schult. Scabiosa levieri Porta Scabiosa longepedunculata Hornem. Scabiosa longicincta Pau Scabiosa nitida Bernh. ex Roem. & Schult. Scabiosa nudicaulis Lam. Scabiosa orophila Timb.-Lagr. & Jeanb. Scabiosa pallida E.Mey. Scabiosa patens Jord. Scabiosa peduncularis Rouy Scabiosa permixta Jord. ex Boreau Scabiosa polymorpha Weigel Scabiosa pumila Burm.f. Scabiosa purpurea Sulak. Scabiosa rubella Opiz ex Mert. & W.D.J.Koch Scabiosa spreta Jord. Scabiosa subalpina Brügger Scabiosa thunbergii Roem. & Schult. Scabiosa tolosana Timb.-Lagr. & Jeanb. Sclerostemma columbarium (L.) Schott Succisa columbaria (L.) Moench

Scabiosa columbaria, called the small scabious or dwarf pincushion flower, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the genus Scabiosa, native to Europe, Africa, and western Asia, from Sweden to Angola.^[2][3] In the garden it is a short-lived deciduous perennial.^[4] In the wild in Europe it prefers to grow in calcareous grasslands.^[5]

Growing to 1 m (3.3 ft) tall by 0.5 m (1.6 ft), it has simple branched grey-green leaves, and pale lavender or blue multi-petalled flowers from summer to autumn.^[3]