Scabiosa columbaria - Pigeon's scabious

Pigeon’s scabious (Scabiosa columbaria) is a perennial herb of dry calcareous pastures and banks across Europe to western Asia, reaching Iran and Turkmenistan, and a constituent of cold semi-arid grassland.¹ Its leaves are edible, and its flowers are a good nectar source for bees.²

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 5²
• Hardiness zone 6²
• Hardiness zone 7²
• Hardiness zone 8²
• Hardiness zone 9²
• Well drained soil²
• Moist soil²
• Full sun²

Outputs

• Human food²

Type

• Herb
• Perennial

Functions

• Attracting bees²

Footnotes

1. R1A Semi-dry perennial calcareous grassland (meadow steppe) | FloraVeg.EU ↩

2. Scabiosa columbaria | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹