Scabiosa japonica alpina

Scabiosa japonica Alpina is cold-resistant biennial plant of the of the family Dipsacaceae . It is for the high mountain version of Scabiosa Japonica and and Alpina has a bigger flower than Japonica .The plant grows wild in a collapse or the stone place of the high mountain from Honshu to Shikoku in Japan. It makes flowers of the heliotrope bloom in the inflorescence taken out a flower stalk from the interval of the radical growths feather leaves which edge was split in.

The resemblance of Cephalaria to Scabiosa:
＊Cephalaria genus:
Cephalaria alpina (Scientific name: Cephalaria alpina):
Native to the western European Alps. It produces tall stalks and pale yellow flower heads.

＊Scabiosa genus:
Scabiosa japonica (Japanese scabious, Scientific name: Scabiosa japonica
Endemic to Japan, tall in height, and blooms in the autumn in highlands with pale bluish-purple flowers.

Scabiosa japonica var.alpina
A high-altitude variant of Scabiosa japonica endemic to Japan, shorter than Scabiosa japonica with larger flower heads, blooms in summer in high mountains.

Scabiosa atropurpurea (Pincushion flower, Scientific name: Scabiosa atropurpurea):
Native to Europe, a close relative with a variety of flower colors, and the central and peripheral parts of the flower both stand out.

General name:Scabiosa japonica alpina ,
scientific name: Scabiosa japonica var. alpina,
origin: Shikoku from Central Honshu of Japan, environment: high mountain,
plant height: 20 to 40 cm,
flowering time: from June to September, flower color: purple, flower size: 5 cm.

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