#mourningbride

[stopandlook]

Scientific Name: Scabiosa atropurpurea, syn. Sixalix atropurpurea Common Name(s): Sweet scabious, pincushion flower, mourningbride Family: Caprifoliaceae (honeysuckle) Life Cycle: Annual, perennial Leaf Retention: Deciduous if perennial Habit: Forb USDA L48 Native Status: Introduced Location: Plano, Texas Season(s): Spring

On iNaturalist, there are 12 species listed under the genus Sixalix and another 50 or so under Scabiosa, but it’s not at all clear to me why they’ve been separated. Plants of the World Online (POWO), which iNaturalist uses as its taxon authority, regards Sixalix as a synonym for Scabiosa, and a search for Sixalix in the U.S. government’s Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) yields no results (i.e., it doesn’t even exist in ITIS). It seems to me that all the Sixalix species should be moved under Scabiosa, but what do I know.

The USDA PLANTS database shows this plant as a perennial, but from what I’ve been able to gather, that’s only under the most favorable growing conditions. Even then, it’s a short-lived perennial (perhaps 3 years or so), and it’s an annual otherwise.

[blogbirdfeather]

Mourningbride - Saudades-roxas (Scabiosa atropurpurea)

Arrábida/Portugal (23/03/2023)

[Nikon D7100; ∑150mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM APO Macro with Circular Flash ∑ EM-140 DG iTTL; 1/250s; F.20; 400 ISO]



[fattsexyperson]

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krk-56

mourningbride

Voting ended onMar 9, 2023

[natureinsight]

Scabiosa atropurpurea, koreatörmäkukka

[fattsexyperson]

partizan sexy npc tournament round three:

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mourningbride

Voting ended onMar 10, 2023

[hortushorrei]

April seeds: this is the month when the sowing never stops. If the miracle of how seeds become leaving plants doesn't interest you, check back to see the flowers blooming this summer. This one, a variety of Sweet scabious known as black knight, is a true beauty! #scabiosaatropurpurea #mourningbride #sweetscabious #caprifoliaceae #maroonflowers #gardening #gardens #seeds #comebacklater #readingretreatsinruralitaly #lamacchinafissa (presso La Macchina Fissa) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv9d2toBd13/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=2yaoqy5zfzkj

[grieever]

Lady Olynder is the Mourning Bride, the Veiled Lady, the Unrequited Queen, and the Mortarch of Grief. When she was alive, Lady Olynder was a plotter and schemer who sought to improve her status by showing false remorse. Now, as the most recently created Mortarch she serves Nagash by commanding the Nighthaunt legions. . . . #nighthaunt #ladyolynder #mourningbride #ectre #necromancer #newaos #paintingwarhammer #paintingminiatures #warhammer #warhammerageofsigmar #stormcasteternals #soulwars #aosv2 #ageofsigmar #ageofsigmarminiature #miniaturepainting #miniaturephotography #gamesworkshop #citadelminiatures #buildinganarmy #death (at Grieever's) https://www.instagram.com/p/Br9ezaTnl8o/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ctcpvqud8g6e

[jomobimo]

Annual Scabiosas, Mourning Bride, Sweet Scabicus, Pincushion Flower, Dreer’s Garden Book, 1931