| Scientific Name: | Scabiosa columbaria |
| Common Name: | dwarf pincushion flower |
| Family Name: | Caprifoliaceae |
| Origin: | Africa - northern, Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Biennial, 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, Alternate, Basal, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Pubescent, Lanceolate, Oblanceolate, Obovate, Pinnately lobed |
| Flowers: | Spike, Blue, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Achene, Brown, Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Floppy, perennial mound; basal leaves obovate-oblanceolate-spatulate, 5-15cm long, margin entire or shallowly lobed; cauline leaves opposite, oblanceolate, 2-8cm long, deeply divided with narrow lobes; inflorescence head-like with many violet-blue flowers. | |