Seed variety
Dipsacus sativus
At a glance
Reference BSI-FL90319Variety profile
Characteristics
- Cultivar
- Dipsacus sativus
- Growth habit
- Upright
- Life cycle
- Annual
Botanical details
- Common names
- Fuller’s Teasel
- Class
- Angiosperms
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Dipsacus
- Species
- Dipsacus sativus
This Dipsacus sativus seed article is offered under the species name, also known as fuller’s teasel.
Teasel: a biennial cycle
Dipsacus sativus is a biennial cultigen in the Caprifoliaceae. Its life cycle separates a vegetative phase from flowering in the following season. The thistle-like appearance of its flower heads does not place it in the daisy family.
Seed selection for resellers
Fuller’s teasel seed gives merchants and garden centres a biennial reference with distinctive flower heads. Use the complete Dipsacus sativus name when comparing the two listed seed articles. Compare the separately listed Dipsacus sativus - seed reference.