Caprifoliaceae

Grass-leaved scabious

Lomelosia graminifolia (L.) Greuter & Burdet

Family: Caprifoliaceae
Genus: Lomelosia

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Grass-leaved scabious (Lomelosia graminifolia) — FlowerPhoto: Emanuele Santarelli, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (6)

arz: الغرب الجرامينيفوليا
Chinese: 禾叶松虫草, 禾叶蓝盆花
English: Grass-leaved scabious
French: Scabieuse à feuilles de graminée
Spanish: Scabiosa graminifolia.
Swedish: Gräsvädd

Synonyms

Asterocephalus graminifolius (L.) Spreng.
Asterocephalus sericeus Jord. & Fourr.
Scabiosa graminifolia L.
Scabiosa sericea Jord.
Succisa graminifolia (L.) Moench
Trochocephalus graminifolius (L.) Opiz

Flowers

In flower: June to September (from 36 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Emanuele Santarelli, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: fmunoz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Emanuele Santarelli, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Martin Jung, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Qwertzy2, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Federico Biguzzi, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Mirko Ubović, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Bouba at French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ljaž, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Paolo Zucca, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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). About our plant data.