Lomelosia caucasica
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Lomelosia caucasica, the Caucasian pincushion flower,[2] pincushion-flower[3] or Caucasian scabious, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae, native to the Caucasus, north eastern Turkey, and northern Iran. Growing to 60 cm (24 in) tall and broad, it is a clump-forming perennial with grey-green, divided leaves. Pincushion-shaped buds, borne on erect hairy, stems, open to pale blue or lavender flower heads, 4–8 cm (2–3 in) in diameter, from late summer through to autumn.[4]
Lomelosia caucasica | |
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Lomelosia caucasica (syn. Scabiosa caucasica) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Dipsacales |
Family: | Caprifoliaceae |
Genus: | Lomelosia |
Species: | L. caucasica |
Binomial name | |
Lomelosia caucasica (M.Bieb.) Greuter & Burdet | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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It was formerly known as Scabiosa caucasica until 1985, when it became Lomelosia caucasica.[5] It is still listed in some sources as Scabiosa caucasica.[6]