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Pincushion Flower

Scabiosa

Photo by RiekoS
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Description:

Scabiosa is a genus in the teasel Family Dipsacaceae of flowering plants. Many of the species in this genus have common names that include the word scabious; however some plants commonly known as scabious ...
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Comments (4)
RiekoS
Thank you very much Daniela. I just added the name.
DB
Hi Riekos--These are different species of Scabiosa (Pincushion flowers). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scabiosa http://www.anniesannuals.com/plt_lst/lists/general/lst.gen.asp?prodid=952
RiekoS
@nisky912: Thank you very much for asking. I found these flowers in the wild, not in the garden. I added more pictures and as you can see, these flowers come in different shade of pink.
nisky912
Some kind of aster family plants. Was it in a garden?

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