Lomelosia stellata, synonyms including Scabiosa stellata, is a species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family, Caprifoliaceae.[1] It is known by the common name starflower pincushions or starflower scabious.[2] It was formerly placed in the teasel family. Native to southwestern Europe and North Africa, it is also grown as an ornamental plant. This erect annual[2] has an inflorescence which is a dense spherical cluster of pale blue flowers, followed by showy fruits with striped, fan-like funnel-shaped papery bracts.
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| Lomelosia stellata |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Plantae |
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Tracheophytes |
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Angiosperms |
| Clade: |
Eudicots |
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Asterids |
| Order: |
Dipsacales |
| Family: |
Caprifoliaceae |
| Genus: |
Lomelosia |
| Species: |
L. stellata |
| Binomial name |
Lomelosia stellata
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| Synonyms[1] |
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- Asterocephalus monspeliensis (Jacq.) Zumagl.
- Asterocephalus stellatus (L.) Spreng.
- Scabiosa bipinnata Nyman, not validly publ.
- Scabiosa brevicoma Nyman, not validly publ.
- Scabiosa collina Salisb., nom. illeg.
- Scabiosa hispanica Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.
- Scabiosa jacquinii Roem. & Schult.
- Scabiosa lobata Nyman
- Scabiosa monspeliensis Jacq.
- Scabiosa monspeliensis var. subacaulis Rouy
- Scabiosa simplex DC., nom. illeg.
- Scabiosa stellaris Salisb., nom. superfl.
- Scabiosa stellata L.
- Scabiosa stellata subsp. insularis F.Herm.
- Scabiosa stellata subsp. monspeliensis (Jacq.) Rouy
- Scabiosa stellata var. monspeliensis (Jacq.) DC.
- Succisa stellata (L.) Moench
- Trochocephalus monspeliensis (Jacq.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Trochocephalus stellatus (L.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
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