Kingdom Plantae Family Caprifoliaceae Scientific name Scabiosa stellata | Order Dipsacales Genus Scabiosa Rank Species | |
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Similar Scabious, Scabiosa atropurpurea, Scabiosa caucasica, Small scabious, Dipsacaceae | ||
Scabiosa stellata is a species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family known by the common name starflower pincushions. (Formerly it had been placed in the teasel family.) It is native to southwestern Europe and North Africa, and it is known widely as an ornamental plant. The inflorescence is a dense spherical cluster of flowers that yield showy fruits with fan-like funnel-shaped papery bracts.
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