Scabiosa columbaria, Butterfly Blue - Seeds - plants - dried herbs

Common names: Butterfly blue

Botanical name & synonyms: Scabiosa columbaria, Asterocephalus columbaria, Asterocephalus mollissimus, Asterocephalus pumilus, Columbaria minor, Columbaria patens, Columbaria rubella, Columbaria vulgaris, Lomelosia coronopifolia, Scabiosa acaulis, Scabiosa affinis, Scabiosa anthemifolia, Scabiosa austroafricana, Scabiosa bellidis-folia, Scabiosa brigantiaca, Scabiosa caerulea, Scabiosa ceratophylla, Scabiosa commutata, Scabiosa crassicaula, Scabiosa dubia, Scabiosa laciniata, Scabiosa nudicaulis, Scabiosa orophila, Scabiosa pallida, Scabiosa patens, Scabiosa permixta, Scabiosa pratensis, Scabiosa pumila, Scabiosa rubella ,Scabiosa spreta, Scabiosa thunbergii, Scabiosa tolosana, Sclerostemma columbarium, Succisa columbaria

Family: Honeysuckle family (Caprifoliaceae)

• native to Europe
  

• perennial
  

• 20 to 60cm
  

• flower VI to X
  

• plant community: calcareous grassland
  

• for bees, for butterflies
  

• weight of 1 000 seeds = 1,80 gram