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    Scabiosa atropurpurea  L.    
 

APG-Fam.: Caprifoliaceae / Honeysuckle Fam.       Fam. tradit.: Dipsacaceae / Teasel Fam.  

Genus:  Scabiosa  L.
 

Authors:
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
 

Etymology:
   Scabiosa:   scabies = scabies (old medical plant)
   atropurpurea:   dark purple
 

Usually the flowers of wild plants of Scabiosa atropurpurea are bright colored as those of other Scabious species. For gardens dark purple forms have been breeded, too, as shown in the last photos. The calyx bristles of young plants are purple. Scabiosa maritima, which occurs in Italy, is considered by some authors to be a subspecies or variety of Scabiosa atropurpurea.

 

Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious, GR Parnitha 1.9.2014
Fig. 1:  Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious
GR Parnitha 1.9.2014
Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious, GR Parnitha 1.9.2014
Fig. 2:  Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious
GR Parnitha 1.9.2014
Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious, GR Parnitha 1.9.2014
Fig. 3:  Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious
GR Parnitha 1.9.2014
Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious, GR Parnitha 1.9.2014
Fig. 4:  Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious
GR Parnitha 1.9.2014
Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious, GR Parnitha 1.9.2014
Fig. 5:  Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious
GR Parnitha 1.9.2014
Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious, GR Euboea (Evia), Agdines 27.8.2017
Fig. 6:  Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious
GR Euboea (Evia), Agdines 27.8.2017
Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious, GR Euboea (Evia), Agdines 27.8.2017
Fig. 7:  Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious
GR Euboea (Evia), Agdines 27.8.2017
Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious, GR Euboea (Evia), Agdines 27.8.2017
Fig. 8:  Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious
GR Euboea (Evia), Agdines 27.8.2017
Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious, GR Euboea (Evia), Agdines 27.8.2017
Fig. 9:  Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious
GR Euboea (Evia), Agdines 27.8.2017
Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious, GR Euboea (Evia), Agdines 27.8.2017
Fig. 10:  Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious
GR Euboea (Evia), Agdines 27.8.2017
Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious, GR Euboea (Evia), Agdines 27.8.2017
Fig. 11:  Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious
GR Euboea (Evia), Agdines 27.8.2017
Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious, GR Euboea (Evia), Agdines 27.8.2017
Fig. 12:  Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious
GR Euboea (Evia), Agdines 27.8.2017
Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious, GR Euboea (Evia), Agdines 27.8.2017
Fig. 13:  Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious
GR Euboea (Evia), Agdines 27.8.2017
Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious, GR Euboea (Evia), Agdines 27.8.2017
Fig. 14:  Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious
GR Euboea (Evia), Agdines 27.8.2017
Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious, GR Corinth 16.10.2014 (Photo: Gisela Nikolopoulou)
Fig. 15:  Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious
GR Corinth 16.10.2014 (Photo: Gisela Nikolopoulou)
Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious, GR Corinth 16.10.2014 (Photo: Gisela Nikolopoulou)
Fig. 16:  Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious
GR Corinth 16.10.2014 (Photo: Gisela Nikolopoulou)
Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious, GR Corinth 16.10.2014 (Photo: Gisela Nikolopoulou)
Fig. 17:  Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious
GR Corinth 16.10.2014 (Photo: Gisela Nikolopoulou)
Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious, F St. Martin-de-Crau 17.3.2024
Fig. 18:  Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious
F St. Martin-de-Crau 17.3.2024
Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious, F St. Martin-de-Crau 17.3.2024
Fig. 19:  Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious
F St. Martin-de-Crau 17.3.2024
Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious, F St. Martin-de-Crau 17.3.2024
Fig. 20:  Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious
F St. Martin-de-Crau 17.3.2024
Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious, F St. Martin-de-Crau 17.3.2024
Fig. 21:  Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious
F St. Martin-de-Crau 17.3.2024
Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious, F St. Martin-de-Crau 17.3.2024
Fig. 22:  Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious
F St. Martin-de-Crau 17.3.2024
Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious, F Frontignan 28.6.2008
Fig. 23:  Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious
F Frontignan 28.6.2008
Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious, F Frontignan 28.6.2008
Fig. 24:  Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious
F Frontignan 28.6.2008
Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious, F Frontignan 28.6.2008
Fig. 25:  Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious
F Frontignan 28.6.2008
Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious, F Sète 6.6.2009
Fig. 26:  Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious
F Sète 6.6.2009
Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious, F Sète 6.6.2009
Fig. 27:  Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious
F Sète 6.6.2009
Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious, F Sète 6.6.2009
Fig. 28:  Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious
F Sète 6.6.2009
Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious, F Sète 6.6.2009
Fig. 29:  Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious
F Sète 6.6.2009
Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious, F Pyrenees, Prades 12.8.2006
Fig. 30:  Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious
F Pyrenees, Prades 12.8.2006
Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious, F Pyrenees, Prades 12.8.2006
Fig. 31:  Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious
F Pyrenees, Prades 12.8.2006
Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious, F Pyrenees, Ille-sur-Tet 22.7.2018
Fig. 32:  Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious
F Pyrenees, Ille-sur-Tet 22.7.2018
Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious, F Pyrenees, Ille-sur-Tet 22.7.2018
Fig. 33:  Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious
F Pyrenees, Ille-sur-Tet 22.7.2018
Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious, F Pyrenees, Ille-sur-Tet 22.7.2018
Fig. 34:  Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious
F Pyrenees, Ille-sur-Tet 22.7.2018
Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious, F Pyrenees, Ille-sur-Tet 22.7.2018
Fig. 35:  Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious
F Pyrenees, Ille-sur-Tet 22.7.2018
Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious, NL Nijmegen 29.7.2023
Fig. 36:  Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious
NL Nijmegen 29.7.2023
Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious, NL Nijmegen 29.7.2023
Fig. 37:  Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious
NL Nijmegen 29.7.2023
Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious, NL Nijmegen 29.7.2023
Fig. 38:  Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious
NL Nijmegen 29.7.2023
Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious, D Weinheim an der Bergstraße, Botan. Gar.  Hermannshof 22.10.2020
Fig. 39:  Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious (cultiv.)
D Weinheim an der Bergstraße, Botan. Gar. Hermannshof 22.10.2020
Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious, D Weinheim an der Bergstraße, Botan. Gar.  Hermannshof 22.10.2020
Fig. 40:  Scabiosa atropurpurea / Sweet Scabious (cultiv.)
D Weinheim an der Bergstraße, Botan. Gar. Hermannshof 22.10.2020

 


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