General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 28–36 inches
Flower Time: Summer
Underground structures: Taproot
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Cut Flower
Dried Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies

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Common names
  • Pincushion Flower
  • Star Flower
  • Sweet Scabious
  • Scabious Drumstick
  • Moonflower
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Lomelosia stellata
  • Synonym: Scabiosa stellata

Photo Gallery
Location: Tawas Michigan under the Pines
Location: Tawas Michigan under the Pines
Location: all photos from my garden
Date: 2014-07-10
Location: Tawas Michigan under the Pines
Buds waiting to bloom
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: Summer
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Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2006-07-28
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2011-04-27
Credit Huhulenik
Location: My windowsill
Date: 2017-01-19
Location: Colorado
Date: 2019-08-06

 Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissi
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Winter Park, Colorado
Date: summer 2017
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MrsBinWY On March 29, 2018 Seeds germinated
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MrsBinWY On March 24, 2018 Seeds sown
16 seeds from christine00 (from Domehomedee's 2015G) in milk jug @ room temp
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