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Field Scabious

Knautia arvensis

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 8,846, February 6,534, March 10,237, April 16,105, May 23,221, June 25,321, July 27,095, August 23,302, September 17,108, October 12,770, November 6,978, December 5,454.
United States183,502
Alaska182,972
Russia12,653
United Kingdom3,326
Germany3,246
England3,050
Austria1,874
Moscow Oblast1,870
Denmark1,106
Ukraine1,082

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Orderhoneysuckles, moschatels, and allies · Dipsacales
Familyhoneysuckle family · Caprifoliaceae
GenusKnautia

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