| Scientific Name: | Scabiosa columbaria |
| Common Name: | dwarf pincushion flower |
| Family Name: | Caprifoliaceae |
| Origin: | Africa, Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Mounded, Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Alpine, Attract butterflies, Container planting, Cut flower or foliage, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Basal, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Pubescent, Lanceolate, Ovate, Pinnately lobed |
| Flowers: | Spike, Blue, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Achene, Brown, Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Floppy, perennial mound with compound, deeply lobed, smooth papery leaves that are variable in shape; inflorescence had-like with many violet-blue florets. | |