Giant Scabious
Giant Scabious Kingcombe, Dorset
Flowerhead - outer florets open
Inner and outer florets open
Anthers
Inner florets - linear stigmas
Fruits
Leaves
Cephalaria gigantea
Dipsacaceae
June to October
It is thinly shinly scattered throughout the country.
See the BSBI distribution map for Giant Scabious
It is a neophyte which has been grown in UK gardens since the
1750s noted as naturalised since the 1920s.
It grows in rough grassland and waste ground, and by roads,
railways and rivers. It is increasing.
Giant Scabious is a rhizomatous, perennial herb, growing up
to 2m.
Flowerheads are up to 10cm across, light yellow to bleached
white.
Outer florets have 4 larger and unequal petals, and inner florets
have 4 equal petals.
Flowers are protandrous (stamens appearing before the styles).
Leaves are pinnately lobed.
Stems are robust and the rhizomes promote persistence.
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Giant Scabious Kingcombe, Dorset
Flowerhead - outer florets open
Inner and outer florets open
Anthers
Inner florets - linear stigmas
Fruits
Leaves
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