Species
Field scabious
Knautia arvensis
Varieties
2 entries| Variety | Description | Prices (EUR) | Details |
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| Knautia arvensis -BSI-H280200 | — |
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| Knautia arvensisBSI-FL41006 | — |
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Knautia arvensis is a biennial or perennial in Caprifoliaceae. Its rounded flower clusters contain larger outer florets around smaller central ones.
Flowers and foliage
Basal leaves are usually less divided than leaves higher on the stems. These changes in flower size and leaf shape provide more useful identification details than the lilac flower colour alone.
Field scabious: seed selection
Knautia arvensis is the species-labelled reference in the bulk flower-seed range.
At a glance
Species profile
Characteristics
- Life cycle
- Perennial
Botanical details
- Botanical name
- Knautia arvensis
- Common names
- blue buttons; bluebuttons; bluecaps; field scabiosa; field scabious; field-scabious; gypsy's-rose
- Synonyms
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- anisodens arvensis; columbaria pratensis; knautia alboi; knautia alpigena; knautia arvensis alpestris; knautia arvensis arvensis; knautia arvensis budensis; knautia arvensis f. monstruosa; knautia arvensis monstruosa; knautia arvensis proles timeroyi; knautia arvensis subsp. pannonica; knautia arvensis subsp. polymorpha; knautia arvensis subsp. pratensis; knautia arvensis subsp. pseudolongifolia; knautia arvensis subsp. rosea; knautia arvensis var. alboi; knautia arvensis var. alpestris; knautia arvensis var. campestris; knautia arvensis var. canescens; knautia arvensis var. glandulifera; knautia arvensis var. integrifolia; knautia arvensis var. involucrata; knautia arvensis var. jasionea; knautia arvensis var. ligerina; knautia arvensis var. pseudolongifolia; knautia arvensis vulgaris; knautia bohemica; knautia borderei; knautia bosniaca; knautia breindli; knautia budensis; knautia campestris; knautia ceretana; knautia ceretanica; knautia communis; knautia cousturieri; knautia cousturieri var. pinnatipartita; knautia cupularis; knautia dumetorum; knautia dumetorum var. breindlinii; knautia exaltata; knautia glandulifera; knautia hirsuta; knautia indivisa; knautia involucrata; knautia kitaibelii subsp. alpigena; knautia leucophaea; knautia ligerina; knautia neglecta; knautia pannonica; knautia pseudolongifolia; knautia pseudolongifolia var. pinnatifolia; knautia purpurea subsp. timeroyi; knautia rigidiuscula; knautia rigidiuscula var. veneta; knautia subacaulis; knautia subscaposa subsp. alboi; knautia subscaposa var. alboi; knautia timeroyi; knautia variabilis; knautia veneta; scabiosa agrestis; scabiosa alpigena; scabiosa arvensis; scabiosa arvensis f. glabrescens; scabiosa arvensis f. tomentosa; scabiosa arvensis var. flosculosa; scabiosa arvensis var. heterophylla; scabiosa arvensis var. homoiphylla; scabiosa arvensis var. hybrida; scabiosa arvensis var. integrifolia; scabiosa arvensis var. laciniata; scabiosa arvensis var. ochroleuca; scabiosa arvensis var. pinnatifida; scabiosa arvensis var. rosea; scabiosa arvensis var. serrata; scabiosa arvensis var. simpliciflora; scabiosa arvensis var. stricta; scabiosa bellidifolia; scabiosa bohemica; scabiosa campestris; scabiosa carpatica; scabiosa collina; scabiosa dubia; scabiosa hirsuta; scabiosa hybrida; scabiosa mixta; scabiosa mollis; scabiosa montana; scabiosa officinarum-arvensis; scabiosa polymorpha; scabiosa pratensis; scabiosa radiata; scabiosa stricta; scabiosa subpubescens; scabiosa timeroyi; scabiosa trivialis; scabiosia arvensis; succisa arvensis; trichera arvensis; trichera arvensis subsp. pannonica; trichera arvensis subsp. pseudolongifolia; trichera arvensis subsp. rosea; trichera arvensis subsp. timeroyi; trichera arvensis var. agrestis; trichera arvensis var. integrifolia; trichera arvensis var. isantha; trichera arvensis var. stricta; trichera bohemica; trichera bosniaca; trichera campestris; trichera communis; trichera dumetorum; trichera exaltata; trichera hirsuta; trichera indivisa; trichera mollis; trichera neglecta; trichera timeroyi; trichera trivialis; trichera virgata
- Order
- Dipsacales
- Family
- Caprifoliaceae
- Genus
- Knautia
- Species
- Knautia arvensis