Caprifoliaceae
Devil's-bit scabious
Succisa pratensis
- Family
- Caprifoliaceae
- Genus
- Succisa
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Common names
By language (33)
- Arabic
- بقنقومون, كعب الغزال, سكابيوزة
- arz
- غرب الشيطان قليلا
- Belarusian
- Каманішнік лугавы, Каласніца, Канапель, Канапель лясная, Куманіца, Куманічнік, Куманішнік, Папы
- Bulgarian
- Обикновено синьоглавче
- Catalan
- Mossegada del diable, Herba del mos del diable, Succise des prés
- Chinese
- 山萝卜, 魔噬花
- Czech
- Čertkus luční
- Danish
- Djævelsbid
- Dutch
- Blauwe knoop
- English
- Devil's-bit scabious, Devilsbit, Devil’s bit, Devil's bit scabious
- Estonian
- Peetrileht
- Finnish
- Purtojuuri, Niittypurtojuuri
- French
- Succise des prés
- German
- Gewöhnlicher Teufelsabbiss, Teufelsabbiss, Abbiskraut, Abbiss, Succise des prés
- hsb
- Łučny pupawač, Čertowy stólc
- Hungarian
- Réti ördögharaptafű
- Icelandic
- Stúfa
- Japanese
- スッキサ・プラテンシス
- kw
- Penn glas, Glaswenon
- Lithuanian
- Pievinė miegalė, Succise des prés
- Macedonian
- Пискавец, Полски пискавец
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Blåknapp
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Blåknapp
- Polish
- Czarcikęs łąkowy, Czarcikęs
- Russian
- Сивец луговой, Власоцвет, Далиха, Одышная трава, Свербежная трава
- Serbian
- Piskavac
- Slovak
- Čertkus lúčny
- Spanish
- Escabiosa de raiz despuntada, Escabiosa de raíz despuntada, Mordedura del diablo, Mordiscon del diablo, Mordiscón del diablo, Raiz del diablo, Raíz del diablo
- stq
- Suldoatensknoop
- Swedish
- Ängsvädd, Knappvädd, Succise des prés
- Tatar
- Зәңгәр тупыйбаш
- Ukrainian
- Комонник лучний
- Welsh
- Tamaid y cythraul, Glaswenwyn
Synonyms
- Asterocephalus succisa (L.) Wallr.
- Asterocephalus tomentosus Spreng.
- Lepicephalus succisa (L.) Eichw.
- Scabiosa borealis Salisb.
- Scabiosa glabrata Schott
- Scabiosa succisa L.
- Scabiosa succisa var. arenaria Rouy
- Scabiosa succisa var. grandifolia Rouy
- Scabiosa succisa var. ovalis Rouy
- Succisa altissima Schur
- Succisa angustula Jord. & Fourr.
- Succisa aurigerana Jord. & Fourr.
- Succisa beugesiaca Jord. & Fourr.
- Succisa brevis Jord. & Fourr.
- Succisa cagiriensis Jeanb. & Timb.-Lagr.
- Succisa cuspidata Jord.
- Succisa dentata Jord. & Fourr.
- Succisa elliptica Jeanb. & Timb.-Lagr.
- Succisa fuchsii Gray
- Succisa fuscescens Jord. & Fourr.
- Succisa gigantea Jeanb. & Timb.-Lagr.
- Succisa glabrata (Schott) Sweet
- Succisa gracilescens Jord. & Fourr.
- Succisa incisa Jord. & Fourr.
- Succisa laetevirens Jord. & Fourr.
- Succisa palustris Sass
- Succisa parvula Jord. & Fourr.
- Succisa platyphylla Jord. & Fourr.
- Succisa praemorsa Asch.
- Succisa prativaga Jord. & Fourr.
- Succisa procera Jord. & Fourr.
- Succisa propera Jord. & Fourr.
- Succisa pyrenaica Jord. & Fourr.
- Succisa rhodanensis Jord. & Fourr.
- Succisa sabauda Jord. & Fourr.
- Succisa stricta Jord. & Fourr.
- Succisa subacaulis Bernardin
- Succisa sylvatica Jord. & Fourr.
- Succisa tardans Jord. & Fourr.
- Succisa viretorum Jord. & Fourr.
and 2 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- August to September (from 1,476 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Alok Mahendroo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jamie O'Neill, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jamie O'Neill, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Elio Oblomoff, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: M. Squire, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eileen Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bobo-X, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ragnar1904, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kian Hayles-Cotton, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ragnar1904, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jeff Davis, CC0, from iNaturalist
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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.