Scabiosa atropurpurea

Scabiosa atropurpurea

  • Scabiosa atropurpurea
  • Scabiosa atropurpurea
  • Scabiosa atropurpurea
  • Scabiosa atropurpurea
  • Flower name
    Scabiosa atropurpurea
  • Scientific name
    Scabiosa atropurpurea
  • Alias西洋松虫草, スカビオサ, Pincushion flower, Sweet scabious, mourningbride
  • Place of origin horticultural variety native to Europe
  • Place of floweringGarden
  • Flowering seasonMay, June, July, August, September, October

What is Scabiosa atropurpurea

Scabiosa atropurpurea, mourningbride, pincushion flower, sweet scabious, or scabiosa atropurpurea, (scientific name: Scabiosa atropurpurea) is a horticultural variety native to Europe and is a cold-tolerant annual plant of the family Dipsacaceae. There are abundant flower colors such as red, pink, bluish purple and white. Both the center and the surroundings of the flower are swell. It blooms for a long time from May to October.

Common name: Scabiosa atropurpurea, Scientific name: Scabiosa atropurpurea, aka: pincushion flower, sweet scabious, or scabiosa atropurpurea, place of origin: horticultural varieties native to Europe, life style: cold-resistant annual grass, plant height: 30-100 cm, leaf shape: feathery deep fissure to full fissure, leaflet shape: oblong diameter, inflorescence: antibiotic, Leaf edge: fissure, inflorescence shape: head-like inflorescence, flowering period: May to October, flower color: red, bluish purple, white, pink, flower diameter: 5 cm.


  • Order
    Dipsacales
  • Family
    Dipsacaceae
  • Genus
    Scabiosa
  • Species
    S. atropurpurea
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Monopetal inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    Head flower
  • Leaf type
    Feather shape
  • Edge of the leaf
  • Life typea cold-tolerant annual plant
  • Flower colorsRed Pink Purple White
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit color
  • Height30.0 ~ 100.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower5.0 ~ 5.0 cm

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