Centaurea scabiosa subsp. scabiosa L.

Centaurée Scabieuse (fr), Centaurée scabieuse (fr)

Subspecies

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Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous herb. It grows 0.5-1m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread anemochory
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-9

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 7 - 14
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
Germination luminosity dark
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -35
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Centaurea scabiosa subsp. scabiosa world distribution map, present in Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus, Canada, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Moldova (Republic of), Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Ukraine, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77180019-1
WFO ID wfo-0000104342
COL ID 7JJNF
BDTFX ID 15454
INPN ID 133004
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Centaurea borealis Centaurea italica Centaurea scabiosa f. dostalii Menomphalus scabiosa Cyanus laciniatus Centaurea calcaria Centaurea scabiosifolia Centaurea italia Centaurea sylvatica Centaurea subarmata Centaurea scabiosiformis Centaurea integrisquama Cyanus scabiosa Jacea scabiosa Centaurea fuliginosa Cyanus coriaceus Sagmen scabiosa Colymbada calcarea Centaurea variifolia Centaurea coriacea Acrocentron scabiosa Colymbada scabiosa Lopholoma scabiosa Centaurea atropurpurea Centaurea integrifolia Colymbada scabiosa Sagmen jaceoides Centaurea coriacea Setachna sylvatica Centaurea scabiosa subsp. scabiosa Centaurea stereophylla Centaurea scabiosa f. subheterophylla Centaurea scabiosa f. tenuisecta Acrocentron scabiosa Colymbada scabiosa var. praealpina Centaurea scabiosa var. integrifolia