Caprifoliaceae
Field scabious
Knautia arvensis
- Family
- Caprifoliaceae
- Genus
- Knautia
Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants
Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free
Common names
By language (41)
- Arabic
- آذان الحمار, كستلة, كعب الغزال, زهرة ثريا, اسكابيوزة, دموع العين, زهر نجف
- arz
- غرب الحقل
- Asturian
- Yerba la gota
- ba
- Ҡутырбаш
- Belarusian
- Паўночнік палявы, Гаец, Гойнік, Каманічнік, Папкі, Попікі, Раннік, Шкабіоза
- Bulgarian
- Полско черноглавче
- Catalan
- Vídua borda
- Chinese
- 欧洲山萝卜, 歐洲山蘿蔔, 田野孀草
- Croatian
- Poljska prženica
- csb
- Pòlny głowôcz
- cv
- Хир такмакĕ
- Czech
- Chrastavec rolní, Chrastavec rolní panonský
- Danish
- Almindelig Blåhat
- dsb
- Bubliny, Rolne bubliny
- Dutch
- Beemdkroon
- English
- Field scabious, Bluebuttons, Field scabiosa
- Esperanto
- Kampa knaŭtio
- Estonian
- Harilik äiatar
- Finnish
- Ketoruusuruoho, Ruusuruoho
- French
- Knautie des champs
- frr
- Lüsruus
- German
- Acker-Witwenblume, Ackerwitwenblume, Nähkisselchen, Wiesen-Witwenblume
- hsb
- Rólny hłowač, Hłowate zelo
- Hungarian
- Mezei varfű
- Icelandic
- Rauðkollur
- Irish
- Cab an ghasáin
- Italian
- Ambretta
- Kazakh
- Егістік қатпаргүл
- kw
- Penn glas
- Lithuanian
- Dirvinė buožainė
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Rødknapp
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Raudknapp
- Polish
- Świerzbnica polna
- Russian
- Короставник полевой, Власонос, Свербежница, Синявка, Териак полевой
- Serbian
- Poljska prženica
- Slovak
- Chrastavec roľný
- Slovenian
- Njivsko grabljišče
- Spanish
- Escabiosa mayor de los sembrados, Fielera, Follasquera, Hierba del sarampion, Knutia arvensis, Yerba para la sarna
- Swedish
- Åkervädd
- Ukrainian
- Свербіжниця польова
- Welsh
- Clafrllys y maes, Penlas
Synonyms
- Anisodens arvensis (L.) Dulac
- Columbaria pratensis Fourr.
- Knautia alboi Sennen
- Knautia alpigena Schur
- Knautia arvensis f. ceretanica (Senn.) O.Bolòs & Vigo
- Knautia arvensis subsp. meridionalis (Briq.) O.Bolòs & Vigo
- Knautia arvensis subsp. pannonica (Heuff.) O.Schwartz
- Knautia arvensis subsp. rosea (Baumg.) Soó
- Knautia arvensis var. alboi (Senn.) O.Bolòs & Vigo
- Knautia arvensis var. involucrata (Senn.) O.Bolòs & Vigo
- Knautia borderei Szabó
- Knautia bosniaca (Conrath) Beck
- Knautia budensis Borbás
- Knautia campestris (Andrz. ex Besser) Fritsch
- Knautia ceretana Sennen
- Knautia communis Godr.
- Knautia cupularis Janka & Simonk.
- Knautia dumetorum Heuff.
- Knautia dumetorum var. breindlinii Beck
- Knautia exaltata Schur
- Knautia hirsuta (Lapeyr.) Breistr.
- Knautia indivisa Boreau
- Knautia involucrata Sennen
- Knautia kitaibelii subsp. alpigena (Schur) Soó
- Knautia leucophaea Briq.
- Knautia neglecta F.Meurer
- Knautia pannonica Heuff.
- Knautia pannonica (Jacq.) Wettst.
- Knautia subacaulis Schur
- Knautia subscaposa subsp. alboi (Sennen) Molero, L.Sáez & Vallv.
- Knautia subscaposa var. alboi (Sennen) Devesa, Ortega Oliv. & J.López
- Knautia timeroyi Jord.
- Knautia variabilis F.W.Schultz
- Scabiosa agrestis F.W.Schmidt
- Scabiosa alpigena Schur
- Scabiosa arvensis L.
- Scabiosa arvensis var. rosea Baumg.
- Scabiosa bellidifolia Lam.
- Scabiosa bohemica F.W.Schmidt
- Scabiosa campestris Andrz. ex Besser
and 28 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to September (from 2,791 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Kieran Roy Powell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: bunnymom20, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Евгений Маринкин, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Георгий Виноградов (Georgy Vinogradov), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harrison J Elkins, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: William Stephens, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Donald Hobern, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jose Gutierrez Higa, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
More in Knautia
- Knautia dipsacifoliaCaprifoliaceae
- Macedonica scabiosaKnautia macedonicaCaprifoliaceae
- Knautia longifoliaCaprifoliaceae
- Hungarian widow flowerKnautia drymeiaCaprifoliaceae
- Knautia dinaricaCaprifoliaceae
- Knautia integrifoliaCaprifoliaceae
- Knautia nevadensisCaprifoliaceae
- Knautia ressmanniCaprifoliaceae
- Knautia tataricaCaprifoliaceae
- Knautia arvernensisCaprifoliaceae
- Knautia byzantinaCaprifoliaceae
- Knautia godetiiCaprifoliaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.