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Lomelosia stellata
About
Lomelosia stellata, synonyms including Scabiosa stellata, is a species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family, Caprifoliaceae. It is known by the common name starflower pincushions or starflower scabious. It was formerly placed in the teasel family. Native to southwestern Europe and North Africa, it is also grown as an ornamental plant. This erect annual has an inflorescence which is a dense spherical cluster of pale blue flowers, followed by showy fruits with striped, fan-like funnel-shaped papery bracts.
- Family
- Caprifoliaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Lomelosia stellata
- Slug
- lomelosia-stellata
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Caprifoliaceae
- Genus
- Lomelosia
- Species
- stellata
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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