Caprifoliaceae
Mourningbride
Scabiosa atropurpurea
- Family
- Caprifoliaceae
- Genus
- Scabiosa
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Common names
By language (15)
- aeb
- أم الجلاجل
- Arabic
- جربية بستانية
- arz
- الغرب اتروبوربوريا
- Bulgarian
- Тъмнолилава самогризка
- Catalan
- Vídua
- Chinese
- 紫盆花, 西洋松蟲草, 松虫草, 松蟲草, 轮锋菊, 洋冠笄花, 洋冠筓花
- English
- Mourningbride, Mediterranean sweet scabious, Mournful widow, Mourning bride, Sweet scabious. Egyptian rose, Сиксаликс атропурпуреа
- Finnish
- Koreatörmäkukka, Tarharuusuruoho
- German
- Samt-Skabiose
- hsb
- Somoćany rupač, Somotka
- Polish
- Driakiew purpurowa
- Russian
- Скабиоза тёмно-пурпурная
- Spanish
- Corona de clérigo, Астероцефалус атропурпуреус, Ботинки дамы, Корона священника, Прекрасная дама, Прекрасная мать, Сиксаликс атропурпуреа, Скабиоза атеридои
- Turkish
- Bahçe uyuz otu
- Welsh
- Clafrllys yr ardd
Synonyms
- Asterocephalus acutiflorus Rchb.
- Asterocephalus ambiguus Rchb.
- Asterocephalus atropurpureus (L.) Spreng.
- Asterocephalus grandiflorus Sweet
- Asterocephalus maritimus (L.) Spreng.
- Cyrtostemma atropurpurea (L.) Spach
- Cyrtostemma atropurpureum (L.) Spach
- Cyrtostemma maritimum (L.) Fourr.
- Scabiosa major Vilm.
- Scabiosa maritima L.
- Sclerostemma atropurpureum (L.) Schott
- Sixalix atropurpurea (L.) Greuter & Burdet
- Spongostemma atropurpureum (L.) Tiegh.
- Spongostemma maritimum (L.) Tiegh.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Xemenendura, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Lomas, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: jacilluch, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: George E. Koronaios, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ahmet Emin Karakuşoğlu, CC BY 4.0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.