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Pincushion Flower

Scabiosa

Description:

Scabiosa is a genus in the teasel Family Dipsacaceae of flowering plants. Many of the species in this genus have common names that include the word scabious; however some plants commonly known as scabious ... - Wikipedia

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4 Comments

RiekoS
RiekoS 10 years ago

Thank you very much Daniela. I just added the name.

DB
DB 10 years ago

Hi Riekos--These are different species of Scabiosa (Pincushion flowers).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scabiosa
http://www.anniesannuals.com/plt_lst/lis...

RiekoS
RiekoS 10 years ago

@nisky912: Thank you very much for asking. I found these flowers in the wild, not in the garden. I added more pictures and as you can see, these flowers come in different shade of pink.

nisky912
nisky912 10 years ago

Some kind of aster family plants. Was it in a garden?

RiekoS
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RiekoS

New York, USA

Spotted on Jun 9, 2013
Submitted on Jun 13, 2013

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