| Scientific Name: | Knautia macedonica |
| Common Name: | crimson scabious |
| Family Name: | Caprifoliaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Open, Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - horizontal |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Attract butterflies, Container planting, Cut flower or foliage, Filler, Perennial border |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Pubescent, Oblanceolate, Pinnately lobed |
| Flowers: | Umbel, Violet, Pink, Magenta, Red, Dark-red, Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Achene, Green, Brown, Jul-Aug, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Stem leaves opposite, margin entire, to deeply lobed or pinnatifid 5-17cm long x 1-5cm wide, pubescent; inflorescence dome-shaped, 2-4cm wide with many tiny flowers 4-6mm long, dark red (pink, mauve, rose, cvs.). | |