Scabiosa

Scabiosa–commonly called pincushion flower–bears small rounded usually lavender-blue flowers that resemble pincushions atop wiry stems. Pincushion flower blooms in mid and late summer. It is a clump-forming perennial with lance-shaped, gray-green basal leaves. Scabiosa flowers can be single or double. They have small central florets that form the “pincushion” surrounded by larger petal-like florets. The…