Scabiosa columbaria
'Butterfly Blue'
Pincushion Flower
Description
Scabiosa columbaria 'Butterfly Blue' produces 2" lavender-blue flowers late spring to early fall that are reminiscent of a pincushion full of pins.
Scabiosa columbaria
( Small Scabious )
Scabiosa columbaria is a hairy, branching perennial with grayish-green, simple or pinnate, long-stalked basal leaves, to 6 inches long, and similar colored, pinnatified stem leaves.
#949 Scabiosa columbaria
Common Names: Butterfly Blue, small scabious
Family: Dipsacaceae (teasel Family)
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The Small Scabious (Scabiosa columbaria ) is native to southern Europe, northeast Africa, & western Asia, where it grows typically in dry chalk grasslands.
Falco columbarius, Merlin
Falco peregrinus, Peregrine Falcon
Buteo platypterus, Broad Winged Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis, Red Tailed Hawk
Asio otus, Long Eared Owl
Aegolius acadicus, Northern Saw Whet Owl ...
Salvia columbaraie. Chia. Fort Bowie National Historic Monument. Arizona.
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Scabiosa columbaria 'Butterfly Blue' is one of the blooming champions of the perennial garden. A non-stop bloomer in a lovely shade of lavender blue, this plant is a petite but valuable addition to the sunny garden.
Scabiosa columbaria sullivantii 'Butterfly Blue' : Butterfly Blue Pincushion Flower - Whole Plant
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Scabiosa columbaria 'Butterfly Blue' (Pincushion Flower)
Hardy to zone 3, this plant really blooms all season long (June to September) with masses of lavender blue, round, pincushion-like flowers. (40 cm - 16"). Full sun. Attracts butterflies.
Pincushion Flower [English]: Scabiosa columbaria
Pincushion Flower [English]: Chaenactis fremontii
Pincushion Flower [English]: Scabiosa stellata
Pincushion Flower [English]: Scabiosa atropurpurea ...
Scabiosa columbaria 'Blue Beauty'
Scabiosa columbaria 'Pink Mist'
Scabiosa grandiflora (Scabiosa atropurpurea)
Scadoxus multiflorus katherinae (Haemanthus katharinae)
Scaevola 'Mauve Clusters'
Scaevola aemula 'Blue Wonder' ...
Principios activos: Alcaloides isoquinólicos (2 a 3%): del grupo de la berberina (1%) como palmatina, jatorrhicina, jateorhicina, bisjatorrhicina y columbamina.
columbaria 'Butterfly Blue' and S. c. 'Pink Mist'. Alan Summers, president of Carroll Gardens, a mail-order and retail nursery in Westminster, Maryland, says that these are the only perennials to bloom year-round in his zone 6 garden.
Common name Wood pigeon
Scientific name Columba palustris
Plants affected Many but especially brassicas and peas
Main symptoms Torn foliage, often only leaf stalks left
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Scabiosa caucasica (Caucasian Pincushion Flower)
Scabiosa columbaria (Pincushion Flower)
Scabiosa ochroleuca (Cream Pincushions)
Scabiosa stellata (Starflower Pincushions)
Scabiosa arvensis synonym of Knautia arvensis (Blue Buttons, Field Scabious) ...
Constituents: Isoquinoline alkaloids (including berberine, oxyacanthine, palmatine, columbamine) chelidonic acid, tannins, wax.
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Contraindications: It is contraindicated in pregnancy due to the uterine stimulants, berberine, palmatine, jatorrhizine and columbamine.
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Five old specimens can be seen at 575 Salvatierra Street near Campus Drive East, and one across the street, remaining from a former row (1904). Two tall trees with trunk diameters more than 3 feet are at Columbae House, 549 Lasuen Mall.
 See also: Green, Scabiosa, Butterfly blue, Pincushion flower, Pink
  
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