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.).