| Family | CAPRIFOLIACEAE |
| Genus species | Scabiosa lucida Vill. |
| Bibliography | Prosp. Hist. Pl. Dauphiné: 18 (1779) |
| Native Range | Pyrenees to Carpathians |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | stony grassland |
| Altitude | 400-2800m |
| Description | glabrous, leaves shiny green, oval-lanceolate, shallowly crenate, petiolate, upper leaves pinnatilobate, with large, terminal segment, heads 1-2cm across, flat |
| Size | 20-30cm |
| Color | reddish purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C division in spring and fall; cuttings in summer |
| Synonyms | Asterocephalus columbaria ssp. lucidus (Vill.) Čelak. Asterocephalus hladnikianus Schur Asterocephalus lucidus (Vill.) Spreng. Asterocephalus strictus Spreng. Columbaria glabrescens Fourr. Columbaria guitardii Timb.-Lagr. Columbaria norica J. Presl & C. Presl Scabiosa alpestris Jord. Scabiosa calcarea Tocl Scabiosa calcicola Blonski Scabiosa columbaria var. alpestris (Jord.) Briq. & Cavill. Scabiosa columbaria ssp. lucida (Vill.) Čelak. Scabiosa columbaria var. lucida (Vill.) Gaudin Scabiosa columbaria f. norica (Vest) Bolzon Scabiosa communis var. alpestris (Jord.) Rouy Scabiosa communis var. glabrescens (Jord.) Rouy Scabiosa communis var. lucida (Vill.) Coult. Scabiosa glabrescens Jord. Scabiosa gramuntia var. alpestris (Jord.) St.-Lag. Scabiosa guitardi Timb.-Lagr. Scabiosa holosericea DC. Scabiosa krasanii Hayek Scabiosa lucida var. alpestris (Jord.) Gremli Scabiosa lucida ssp. calcicola Bloński Scabiosa norica Vest Scabiosa pseudobanatica (Schur) Schur Scabiosa pubescens Jord. Sclerostemma lucidum (Vill.) Schott |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) |