Scabiosa

...An annual plant of the family Diapalaceae that grows in clusters on plateaus. When the crickets start singing, the pale purple flowers bloom beautifully. It is 60-90cm tall and well-branched, with a single capitulum at the end of each branch. The leaves are opposite and pinnately lobed. The capitulum is 4cm in diameter and blooms upward. The corolla is gamopetalous, large around the periphery of the inflorescence, elongating outwards, and tubular and actinosymmetrical in the center. The ovary is inferior and has one drooping ovule. The fruit is enclosed in a tubular bracteolet. It is distributed from Hokkaido to Kyushu. Takanematsumushisou var. alpina Takeda, which grows in alpine and subalpine mountains, is short in height but has large flowers. ...

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…高原に群生するマツムシソウ科の越年草。マツムシが鳴き出すころ，淡い紫色の花が美しく咲き乱れる。高さ60～90cmでよく分枝し，枝の先端に一つずつ頭状花序がつく。葉は対生し，羽状に切れ込む。頭状花序は直径4cm，上向きに咲く。花冠は合弁，花序周辺部では大きく，外側に長く伸び，中央部では筒状で放射相称。子房は下位，下垂する1胚珠がある。果実は筒状の小苞につつまれる。北海道から九州まで分布する。高山･亜高山にはえるタカネマツムシソウvar.alpina Takedaは草丈が低いが，花は大きい。…

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