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Lomelosia caucasica (Caucasian pincushion flower)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Scabiosa 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 divided leaves. Pincushion-shaped buds, borne on erect stems, open to pale blue or lavender flower heads, 8 cm (3 in) in diameter, from late summer through to autumn. The plant is highly attractive to bees and other pollinating insects.
View Wikipedia Record: Lomelosia caucasica

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Screening - Summer [2]  Porous
Screening - Winter [2]  Porous
Bloom Period [2]  Early Spring
Drought Tolerance [2]  Medium
Fire Tolerance [2]  None
Frost Free Days [2]  4 months 10 days
Fruit/Seed Abundance [2]  Medium
Fruit/Seed Begin [2]  Summer
Fruit/Seed End [2]  Fall
Growth Form [2]  Multiple Stem
Growth Period [2]  Spring, Summer, Fall
Growth Rate [2]  Slow
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Propagation [2]  Bare Root, Seed
Root Depth [2]  8 inches (20 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [2]  Slow
Seed Vigor [2]  Medium
Seeds Per [2]  165000 / lb (363762 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [2]  Erect
Structure [3]  Herb
Vegetative Spread Rate [2]  None
Flower Color [2]  Blue
Foliage Color [2]  Gray-Green
Fruit Color [2]  Brown
Fall Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Flower Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Height [2]  31 inches (0.8 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [2]  USDA Zone: 4 Low Temperature: -30 F° (-34.4 C°) → -20 F° (-28.9 C°)
Light Preference [2]  Mostly Shady
Soil Acidity [2]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [2]  Intermediate
Water Use [2]  Moderate

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Kavkazskiy Biosphere Reserve Ia 692723 Krasnodar, Karachay-Cherkessia, Adygea, Russia

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Podosphaera dipsacacearum[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0