Plant Details

Accepted name:: Scabiosa columbaria L. [Caprifoliaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 6

Scabiosa columbaria subsp. banatica (Waldst. & Kit.) Diklić

Scabiosa columbaria subsp. caespitosa Jamzad

Scabiosa columbaria subsp. columbaria

Scabiosa columbaria subsp. pratensis (St.-Lag.) Braun-Blanq.

Scabiosa columbaria subsp. pseudobanatica (Schur) Jáv. & Csapody

Scabiosa columbaria subsp. uniseta (Savi) Zangh.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bitterbos	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bitterwortel	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hlakuea-pitsi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ibheka	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ilelemimoya	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
isilawu esikhulu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
iyeza lamehlo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
makgha	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mamokhale	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
meerjarige skurfkruid	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
moholungoane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
morning bride	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pincushion	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rice flower	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
selomi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wild scabiosa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wild scabious	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wilde weisse skabiose	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Asterocephalus columbaria (L.) Wallr. Sched. Crit.: 48 (1822).
Columbaria vulgaris J.Presl & C.Presl Fl. Čech.: 32 (1819).
Scabiosa columbaria var. vera Wimm. & Grab. Fl. Siles. 1: 110 (1827), not validly publ.
Scabiosa communis Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 8: 122 (1903), nom. superfl.
Scabiosa communis subsp. columbaria (L.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 8: 122 (1903), nom. superfl.
Sclerostemma columbarium (L.) Schott in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 3: 64 (1818).
Succisa columbaria (L.) Moench Methodus: 489 (1794).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Scabiosa columbaria L.	Local, Wild-Harvested Spp. in Trade, S Africa (Petersen et al., 2012) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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