Caprifoliaceae

Glossy scabious

Scabiosa lucida Vill.

Family: Caprifoliaceae
Genus: Scabiosa

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Glossy scabious: Scabiosa lucida (pl. driakiew lśniąca), habitat: Tatra Mountains , Ciemniak — Photo: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (9)

arz: الغرب لوسيدا
Chinese: 亮叶蓝盆花, 亮叶松虫草
Czech: Hlaváč lesklý
English: Glossy scabious, Shining scabious
French: Scabieuse luisante
German: Glanz-Skabiose, Glänzende Skabiose
hsb: Błyšćaty rupač
Polish: Driakiew lśniąca
Swedish: Glansvädd

Synonyms

Asterocephalus hladnikianus Schur
Asterocephalus lucidus (Vill.) Spreng.
Asterocephalus strictus Spreng.
Columbaria glabrescens Fourr.
Columbaria norica J.Presl & C.Presl
Scabiosa calcarea Tocl
Scabiosa calcicola Blonski
Scabiosa glabrescens Jord.
Scabiosa guitardi Timb.-Lagr.
Scabiosa krasanii Hayek
Scabiosa norica Vest
Scabiosa opaca Klokov
Sclerostemma lucidum (Vill.) Schott

Photos

Photo: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Augustin Soulard, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Opioła Jerzy, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Michal Honskus, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Opioła Jerzy, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Lieven Decrick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Michael Knapp, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Pia Stermann, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Johannes S., CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Uoaei1, CC BY-SA 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). About our plant data.