Scabious Wildflower. Devils-bit Scabious is a native perennial growing 30-60 cm in height and produces spherical composite clusters of purpley-blue flowers from August to October. Perennial wild flower small mauve flower heads.
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Scabious - Western Isles Wildflowers Purple wildflowers - Western Isles - Hebrides Flowers. 01072011 F ield Scabious Often known as the butterfly plant the Field Scabious or Gypsy Rose Knautia arvensis has a pale lavender open blossom that the butterflies can easily feed from although its most commonly associated with the Bee Hawk-Moth. Field scabious could be confused with Small scabious or Devils-bit scabious both also members of the teasel family.
It is very attractive to wild flower butterflies.
Field scabious could be confused with Small scabious or Devils-bit scabious both also members of the teasel family. A perennial for sunny sites. The rounded blue flower heads of Sheeps-bit also called Sheeps-bit Scabious can be found in dry grassy places such as heathland grassland and clifftops. Small scabious as the name suggests is smaller slimmer and less hairy and the flowers have five not four petal lobes.
