''Knautia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family
Caprifoliaceae. The common names are variants of "widow flower". Others are given the name "scabious", which properly belongs to the related genus (''
Scabiosa''). The name ''Knautia'' comes from the 17th-century German botanists, Drs. Christoph and
Christian Knaut.
The Plant Lover's Companion: Plants, People & Places
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Selected species
* '' Knautia arvensis'' - Meadow widow flower, blue buttons, field scabious
* ''Knautia carinthiaca
''Knautia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae. The common names are variants of "widow flower". Others are given the name "scabious", which properly belongs to the related genus (''Scabiosa''). The name ''Knautia'' come ...
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* ''Knautia drymeia
''Knautia drymeia'', commonly known as the Hungarian widow flower, is a herbaceous perennial plant species in the family Caprifoliaceae, that grows in Central and Southeastern Europe.
Taxonomy
This species was first formally described by Aus ...
'' - Hungarian widow flower
* ''Knautia kitaibelii
''Knautia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae. The common names are variants of "widow flower". Others are given the name "scabious", which properly belongs to the related genus (''Scabiosa''). The name ''Knautia'' come ...
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* ''Knautia longifolia
''Knautia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae. The common names are variants of "widow flower". Others are given the name "scabious", which properly belongs to the related genus (''Scabiosa''). The name ''Knautia'' come ...
'' - Long leaf widow flower
* ''Knautia macedonica
''Knautia macedonica'', the Macedonian scabious, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae, native to Southeastern Europe - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia, southeastern Romania and Kırklareli in Turkey. Growing to ...
'' - Macedonian scabious
* ''Knautia maxima
''Knautia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae. The common names are variants of "widow flower". Others are given the name "scabious", which properly belongs to the related genus (''Scabiosa''). The name ''Knautia'' come ...
'' - Forest widow flower
* ''Knautia norica
''Knautia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae. The common names are variants of "widow flower". Others are given the name "scabious", which properly belongs to the related genus (''Scabiosa''). The name ''Knautia'' come ...
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* '' Knautia persicina''
References
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Caprifoliaceae genera
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus