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Cymraeg
Taxon
Scabiosa
caucasica
'Isaac House'
Image: Richards, Simon - NBGW
Common name:
Caucasian Scabious, Pincushion Flower
Family:
Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle)
Distribution:
Gardd/Garden
Life form:
Perennial plant • Planhigyn lluosflwydd
Geirdarddiad / Etymology:
Scabiosa (skab-ee-OH-suh): Latin, scabies (itch), referring to its rough leaves being a supposed cure for the disease.
Geirdarddiad / Etymology:
caucasica (kaw-KAS-ee-kuh): From the Caucasus, Caucasian.
Description:
With solitary, large, up to 7 centimetres wide, and are various shades of blue.
Locations
1:
IWGC25-Inner Walled Garden Quadrant C Bed 25/Yr Ardd Fewnol Cwadrant C Gwely 25
(IWGC25)
• Accession: 2011-0534 • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
Area
Individual