Knautia arvensis,Scabiosa arvensis, Trichera arvensis, SE: Åkervädd,
DE: Wiesen-Witwenblume, NL: Beemdkroon, UK: Field Scabious

Scientific name:		Knautia arvensis (L.) Coult.
Synonym name:		Scabiosa arvensis L., Trichera arvensis (L.) Schrad.
Swedish name:		Åkervädd
German name:		Wiesen-Witwenblume
Nederlandse naam:		Beemdkroon
English name:		Field Scabious
Family:		Dipsacaceae, Åkerväddar, Teasel family

Date Picture Taken: July 12, 2009

Life form:		Perennial
Stems:		Round, slightly branched, 60-90 cm high, somewhat coarse with short, whitish hairs and rather bare of leaves, except at the base
Leaves:		Basal rosette, compound. The leaves at the stem are opposite, the lower ones have petioles, are of a lanceolate shape, have serrate margins and are often pinnate.The middle and upper leaves are sessile, pinnate with 3 - 6 segments at each side
Flowers:		violet-blue flowers
Flowering Period:		June-August
Fruits:		Rather large, somewhat four-cornered and crowned by several short, bristly hairs that radiate from its summit
Habitat:		Woods, thickets, pastureland, meadows, farmland and settlements

Date Picture Taken: July 22, 2009 Derivation of the botanical name: Knautia, the genus, dedicated to Christoph Knaut (1638-1694), German botanist and doctor and his brother Christian (1654-1715). arvensis, "of planted fields". Scabiosa, Latin scabies, "the itch," which the rough (scurfy) leaves might have been used to cure. The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy. The standard author abbreviation Coult. is used to indicate Thomas Coulter (1793 – 1843), an Irish physician, botanist, and explorer. The standard author abbreviation Schrad. is used to indicate Heinrich Adolph Schrader (1767 – 1836), a German botanist and mycologist. Date Picture Taken: July 22, 2009