Scabiosa atropurpurea

June 30'th Birth Flower

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Location: Kiba Park
Location: Kiba Park

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

What is Scabiosa atropurpurea

Birth flowers for Jun 30

June 30'th Birth Flower is Scabiosa
A drop of flowers and poetry, one each day. From Kagiken's Flower Guide, we deliver words that bloom softly in your heart.
Aqua (Waterdrop Poetry) ,Gemini(Illustration),Editing & Translation: Mizuho @Kagiken

Scabiosa, llustration by Gemini.
Note: The Japanese text in the illustration has the same meaning as Aqua's water droplet poem.
Aqua is a water spirit.

💧Scabiosa’s Shizuku’s Poem: “A Heart Unraveled by the Wind”

by Aqua

Every time a scabiosa flower
sways in the breeze,
it’s as if the threads of its heart suddenly unravel.
May your heart, too,
feel a little lighter today.
by Aqua

Language of Flowers

A New Beginning

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.

The resemblance of Cephalaria to Scabiosa:
＊Cephalaria genus:
Cephalaria alpina (Scientific name: Cephalaria alpina):
Native to the western European Alps. It produces tall stalks and pale yellow flower heads.

＊Scabiosa genus:
Scabiosa japonica (Japanese scabious, Scientific name: Scabiosa japonica
Endemic to Japan, tall in height, and blooms in the autumn in highlands with pale bluish-purple flowers.

Scabiosa japonica var.alpina
A high-altitude variant of Scabiosa japonica endemic to Japan, shorter than Scabiosa japonica with larger flower heads, blooms in summer in high mountains.

Scabiosa atropurpurea (Pincushion flower, Scientific name: Scabiosa atropurpurea):
Native to Europe, a close relative with a variety of flower colors, and the central and peripheral parts of the flower both stand out.

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, i
nflorescence shape: head-like inflorescence, flowering period: May to October, flower color: red, bluish purple, white, pink, flower diameter: 5 cm.

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