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Enriched botanical record

Scabiosa columbaria

Scabiosa columbaria L.

Also indexed asbacherlor's buttonsBalandinė žvaigždūnėBitter bossieClafrllys BachClafrllys BychanClafrllys LleiafDove pincushionsDue-skabiose
FamilyCaprifoliaceae
GenusScabiosa
Use categories7
Linked notes0

Botanical identity

This taxon is documented in the World Checklist of Useful Plant Species with a reported medicinal use. The record establishes a use report and botanical index entry, not clinical effectiveness or individual safety.

KingdomPlantae
Phylum / divisionTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderDipsacales
FamilyCaprifoliaceae
GenusScabiosa
Scientific name with authorshipScabiosa columbaria L.

Indexed scientific synonyms

Scabiosa alpicola RouyScabiosa caerulea Steud.Scabiosa columbaria var. alpicola RouyScabiosa columbaria var. confusa RouyScabiosa columbaria var. peduncularis RouyScabiosa columbaria var. tenuipes RouyScabiosa confusa RouyScabiosa grisea Sulak.Scabiosa maritima Thunb.Scabiosa montana Borkh., 1794Scabiosa tennipes RouyScabiosa vogesiaca Jord.Scabiosa vogesiaca Jord. ex Boreau, 1857

Documented use categories

Medicine
Human food
Animal food
Environmental use
Gene source
Invertebrate food
Material

These categories describe the kinds of human-use reports attached to the taxon in the source checklist. Multiple categories can coexist; a plant may be recorded as both food and poison, depending on part, preparation and context.

How to interpret this record

Evidence boundary

A taxonomic use record is a discovery and indexing signal. Clinical evidence must be assessed separately for the exact species, plant part, preparation, route, dose and health question.

Safety boundary

Correct identification is essential. Toxicity, contraindications, interactions and safe preparation cannot be inferred from a documented-use record.

Dataset record and provenance

DatasetWCUPS 2020
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Name sourceIPNI
IPNI / external identifier319793-1
Use codesAF EU GS HF IF MA ME
Crop wild relativeNo

Contributing checklist sources

USDA GRINMedicinal Plant Names Services v8.2Plant Resources for Tropical AfricaSEPASAL

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Educational index, not a treatment recommendation

The presence of a taxon in this database does not provide a diagnosis, dose, formulation or assurance of safety. Some indexed plants are toxic, regulated, endangered or unsafe in specific life stages.

Ethnobotanical layer

Traditional-use records for Scabiosa columbaria.

Historical associations preserved from the USDA Dr. Duke dataset. These records are not treatment recommendations.