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Volume IV (1988) - Flora of New Zealand Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons
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Scabiosa L.

SCABIOSA L.

Annual or perennial herbs; stems without prickles. Lvs opposite, simple or often pinnate, mostly in basal rosettes. Infl. a flattened, hemispheric, or cylindric capitulum; involucral bracts usually linear-lanceolate, sometimes crowded, obtuse to acute; receptacular bracts lacking spines. Involucel-tube cylindric, 8-ribbed, expanding above at fruiting into a flattened, membranous corona with many veins. Calyx prolonged into 5 setae, persistent at fruiting. Corolla unequally 5-lobed; tube short, usually longer in marginal than central fls. Stamens 4. Fr. ovoid, ribbed, pitted, or obscurely angled, glabrous to hairy, bearing the corona and setae.

Key

1
Basal lvs lanceolate, entire, persistent at flowering and fruiting; involucel 8-pitted
*caucasica ζ
Basal lvs obovate, spathulate or oblong, crenate, coarsely lobed or lyrate-pinnatifid; involucel with 8 grooves, lacking pits
2
2
All lvs and peduncles densely clothed in soft hairs; fr. with grooves confined to tube, and membranous part c. 3 mm long
*anthemifolia ζ
Lvs and peduncles glabrous or sparsely to moderately hairy, the upper cauline lvs usually almost glabrous; fr. with ribs extended into corona and membranous part reduced to a short frill c. 0.5 mm long
1. *atropurpurea

100 spp., temperate Eurasia, Mediterranean, mountains of E. Africa, South Africa. Naturalised spp. 3.

Fig. 56. Frs of Scabiosa. A S. anthemifolia; B S. atropurpurea; C S. caucasica. © All rights reserved. [Image: 4X5G]
Fig. 56. Frs of Scabiosa. A S. anthemifolia; B S. atropurpurea; C S. caucasica. © All rights reserved. [Image: 4X5G]
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