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Lomelosia caucasica
About
Lomelosia caucasica, the Caucasian pincushion flower, pincushion-flower or Caucasian scabious, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae, native to the Caucasus, north eastern Turkey, and northern Iran. Growing to 60 cm (24 in) tall and broad, it is a clump-forming perennial with grey-green, divided leaves. Pincushion-shaped buds, borne on erect hairy, stems, open to pale blue or lavender flower heads, 4–8 cm (2–3 in) in diameter, from late summer through to autumn.
- Family
- Caprifoliaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Lomelosia caucasica
- Slug
- lomelosia-caucasica
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Caprifoliaceae
- Genus
- Lomelosia
- Species
- caucasica
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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