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Succisa pratensis Moench

HIGHER TAXON: Dipsacaceae

GENUS: Succisa Haller

Succisa pratensis Moench [13]
    Scabiosa L. succisa L. {Synonym} [1]
  
PLACES: -
  Asia
    Siberia (N) [1]
  Europe
    England (N) [1]; Ireland (N) [1]; Scotland (N) [1]
    Wales (N) [1]
  
HABITATS:
  Europe
    Chalk grassland [1], Fen [1], Wood [1], Wood borders [1]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Chromosome number (2n=): 20 [1]
  Data reviewed?: 30 july 1994 [1]
  Flower colour: violet [1], purple [1]
  Habit: Herb [1]
  Hairiness: Almost Hairless [1]
  Height: 10-20cm [1], 20-50cm [1], 50cm-1m [1]
  Leaf arrangement: opposite [1]
  Leaf shape: simple [1]
  Life form (Raunkier): Hemicryptophyte - rosette [1]
  Lifespan: perennial [1]
  Month of flowering: june [1], july [1], august [1],
   september [1], october [1]
  Native: Native [1]
  Pollinating agent: bee [1], lepidoptera [1]
  Present in my garden: no [1]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1], Illustration [13]
  
USES: -
  
VERNACULAR:
Devil's-bit scabious [1]; Scabious [1]
  
NOTES: -

DATA SOURCES:

1.

  Clapham AR Tutin TG Warburg EF,1962
    Flora of the British Isles Second Edition

13.

  Rose,F.,1981
    The Wild Flower Key, Warne.

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