Scabiosa columbaria L., 1753 41% complete

Pigeon's scabious

Sp. Pl.: 99 (1753)

Data sources

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Sourced11 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded13 Not on the record7 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
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Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 99 (1753) No source recorded
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Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1753 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Pigeon's scabious No source recorded
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Observations Europe to Iran and Arabian Pen., NW. Africa, Trop. African Mts. No source recorded
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Morphology
Average height 28 cm
  • 27.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 39 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 45, 116, 161, 174, 175, 178, 237, 251, 310, 474, 500, 898, 918
Differs from sources
Biological type therophyte
  • therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 22 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 161, 174, 175, 178, 220, 350, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color blue Sourced
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Fruit shape nut Sourced
Growth habit Forb/herb No source recorded
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Maximum height 40 cm
  • 40 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 45, 116, 161, 174, 175, 178, 237, 251, 310, 474, 500, 898, 918
Sourced
Vegetable false No source recorded
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Phenology
Bloom months feb, jun, jul Sourced
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 28, 48, 71, 175, 178, 818, 918
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Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 3 / 9 · rather dry air No source recorded
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Ground humidity empty
  • 3 / 12 · rather dry (xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Light 8 / 9 · light Sourced
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Ph maximum pH 7 No source recorded
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Ph minimum pH 6.5 No source recorded
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Soil nutriments 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic)
  • 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
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Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 90 cm Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
Other
Propagation method — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record