Knautia arvensis
Field Scabious
This plant attracts the following butterflies:
Gatekeeper, Marbled White, Meadow Brown, Small Tortoiseshell, Small White, White Letter Hairstreak
Memorable digital images of 2003:
Gatekeeper. July 27.
Small Tortoiseshell. August
5.
Six spot Burnet Moth. July
22. Sapperton Valley.
Slides from 2003:
Meadow Brown. Uley, Gloucestershire.
July 12.
Marbled White. Uley,
Gloucestershire. July 12.
past image:
White Letter Hairstreak.
7 August 2001.
notes:
This is an English wildflower which is worthy of inclusion in the garden. It's possible to buy cultivated Scabious plants of different colours: maroon and cream are ones that I have seen. They are also attractive to butterflies.
The great news is that slugs and snails are not keen on these plants, which makes them especially useful in the garden.
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Plant Type: perennial, wildflower
Flowers from June to October.
Height: 30cm
Habitat is limestone grassland.