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Scabiosa atropurpurea L.

Sweet scabious. egyptian rose (en), Scabieuse des jardins (fr), Scabieuse pourpre noir (fr), Scabieuse pourpre foncé (fr), Sixalix pourpre noir (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Dipsacales > Caprifoliaceae > Scabiosa

Characteristics

Annual or short-lived perennial herb, up to 60-(125) cm tall. Stems branched, glabrous or sparsely to moderately hairy. Lower lvs forming a loose rosette, obovate or spathulate, coarsely crenate, acute to obtuse, cuneately narrowed to long petiole, glabrescent to sparsely or moderately hairy, 6-9-(11) × 1-3-(4) cm. Cauline lvs lyrate-pinnatifid; uppermost lvs 1-2-pinnatisect with linear segments, glabrescent. Heads long-pedunculate, radiate, (15)-20-30-(50) mm diam. Involucral bracts 8-14, lanceolate, < or = fls. Fls white, pink to deep crimson or mauve to deep purple. Fr. with 8 grooves in involucel-tube; corona 2.5-3 mm long, ± = tube, with 8 ribs of tube extended into lower part, the upper membranous part only c. 0.5 mm long and with c. 20-24 indistinct veins; calyx setae 5-7 mm long, giving a spinous appearance to the globose-cylindric heads.
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Sweet scabious, pincushions; annual or biennial, with dark purple to rose or white fls and 8-veined corona, is rarely adventive with us and probably never persistent.
A herb.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality
Pollination entomogamy
Spread anemochory
Mature width (meter) 0.75 - 1.0
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 1.4
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a Mediterranean climate plant.
Light 6-8
Soil humidity 2-7
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 4-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-10

Usage

The flowering parts are used for tea.
Uses environmental use medicinal tea
Edible flowers leaves
Therapeutic use Bronchitis (flower), Common cold (flower), Cough (flower), Hematologic diseases (flower), Menstrual cycle (flower), Whooping cough (flower), Scabies (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 10 - 15
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 22
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Scabiosa atropurpurea habit picture by Michelle Goudail (cc-by-sa)
Scabiosa atropurpurea habit picture by Alexandre Labbe (cc-by-sa)
Scabiosa atropurpurea habit picture by Monteiro Henrique (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Scabiosa atropurpurea leaf picture by Sun-Wa Desplanques (cc-by-sa)
Scabiosa atropurpurea leaf picture by Ravi romarin (cc-by-sa)
Scabiosa atropurpurea leaf picture by Olivier Brosseau (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Scabiosa atropurpurea flower picture by Ravi romarin (cc-by-sa)
Scabiosa atropurpurea flower picture by roman (cc-by-sa)
Scabiosa atropurpurea flower picture by Olivier Brosseau (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Scabiosa atropurpurea fruit picture by Olivier Brosseau (cc-by-sa)
Scabiosa atropurpurea fruit picture by jeanelie strapp (cc-by-sa)
Scabiosa atropurpurea fruit picture by Alexandre Labbe (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Scabiosa atropurpurea world distribution map, present in France, New Zealand, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:319717-1
WFO ID wfo-0000500186
COL ID 6Y53T
BDTFX ID 61092
INPN ID 121316
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Scabiosa major Asterocephalus ambiguus Scabiosa maritima Spongostemma atropurpureum Spongostemma maritimum Sixalix atropurpurea Sclerostemma atropurpureum Asterocephalus grandiflorus Asterocephalus maritimus Cyrtostemma atropurpurea Asterocephalus acutiflorus Asterocephalus atropurpureus Cyrtostemma atropurpureum Cyrtostemma maritimum Scabiosa atropurpurea
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