Knautia
Knautia | |
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Knautia arvensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Dipsacales |
Family: | Caprifoliaceae |
Genus: | Knautia L. |
Species | |
See text. |
Knautia is a genus in the family Caprifoliaceae.[1] The common names of these flowers are a variant of "widow flower." Others are given the name "Scabious," although this word belongs to a related genus (Scabiosa).
Species include:
- Knautia arvensis - Meadow Widow Flower, Blue Buttons, Field Scabious
- Knautia carinthiaca
- Knautia drymeia - Hungarian Widow Flower
- Knautia kitaiebellii
- Knautia longifolia - Long Leaf Widow Flower
- Knautia macedonica
- Knautia maxima - Forest Widow Flower
- Knautia norica
- Knautia persicina
The name Knautia comes from the 17th-century German botanists, Drs. Christoph and Christian Knaut.[2]
References
- ↑ "Knautia", The Plant List (version 1.1), retrieved 2014-09-19
- ↑ The Plant Lover's Companion: Plants, People & Places by Julia Brittain
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