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- ›Vascular Plants
- ›flowering plants
- ›Dicots
- ›honeysuckles, moschatels, and allies
- ›honeysuckle family
- ›Scabious subfamily
Mock Scabious
Cephalaria
Cephalaria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae. It includes 102 species native to southern Europe, western and central Asia, and northern and southern Africa.
They are annual or perennial herbaceous plants growing to 0.8–2 m (2 ft 7 in – 6 ft 7 in) tall.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Cephalaria leucantha
speciesCephalaria leucantha
Giant Scabious
speciesCephalaria gigantea
Cephalaria transsylvanica
speciesCephalaria transsylvanica
Cephalaria uralensis
speciesCephalaria uralensis
Cephalaria coriacea
speciesCephalaria coriacea
Jaffa Scabious
speciesCephalaria joppensis
Common Mock Scabious
speciesCephalaria zeyheriana
Cephalaria litvinovii
speciesCephalaria litvinovii
Tsoene Mock Scabious
speciesCephalaria oblongifolia
Cephalaria stellipilis
speciesCephalaria stellipilis
Yellow Cephalaria
speciesCephalaria alpina
Cephalaria setosa
speciesCephalaria setosa
Shy Mock Scabious
speciesCephalaria humilis
Basalt Mock Scabious
speciesCephalaria galpiniana
Common Mock Scabious
speciesCephalaria pungens
Cephalaria syriaca
speciesCephalaria syriaca
Cephalaria ambrosioides
speciesCephalaria ambrosioides
Cephalaria media
speciesCephalaria media
Cape Mock Scabious
speciesCephalaria rigida
Cephalaria linearifolia
speciesCephalaria linearifolia
Cephalaria dagestanica
speciesCephalaria dagestanica
Cephalaria squamiflora
speciesCephalaria squamiflora
Cephalaria tenella
speciesCephalaria tenella
Natal Mock Scabious
speciesCephalaria natalensis
Cephalaria radiata
speciesCephalaria radiata
Garden Route Mock Scabious
speciesCephalaria attenuata
Cephalaria velutina
speciesCephalaria velutina
Cephalaria procera
speciesCephalaria procera
Cephalaria flava
speciesCephalaria flava
Cephalaria laevigata
speciesCephalaria laevigata
Cephalaria calcarea
speciesCephalaria calcarea
Cedarberg Mock Scabious
speciesCephalaria decurrens
Cephalaria integrifolia
speciesCephalaria integrifolia
Cephalaria microcephala
speciesCephalaria microcephala
Cephalaria retrosetosa
speciesCephalaria retrosetosa
Cephalaria balkharica
speciesCephalaria balkharica
Cephalaria mauritanica
speciesCephalaria mauritanica
Swati Mock Scabious
speciesCephalaria petiolata
Cephalaria cilicica
speciesCephalaria cilicica
Cephalaria hakkiarica
speciesCephalaria hakkiarica
Cephalaria aytachii
speciesCephalaria aytachii
Cephalaria cedrorum
speciesCephalaria cedrorum
High Cape Mock Scabious
speciesCephalaria scabra
Cephalaria katangensis
speciesCephalaria katangensis
Cephalaria speciosa
speciesCephalaria speciosa
Cephalaria taurica
speciesCephalaria taurica
Cephalaria balansae
speciesCephalaria balansae
Cephalaria pastricensis
speciesCephalaria pastricensis
Cephalaria armerioides
speciesCephalaria armerioides
Cephalaria wilmsiana
speciesCephalaria wilmsiana
Cephalaria davisiana
speciesCephalaria davisiana
Cephalaria demirizii
speciesCephalaria demirizii
Cephalaria dichaetophora
speciesCephalaria dichaetophora
Cephalaria dirmilensis
speciesCephalaria dirmilensis
Cephalaria ekimiana
speciesCephalaria ekimiana
Cephalaria elazigensis
speciesCephalaria elazigensis
Cephalaria elmaliensis
speciesCephalaria elmaliensis
Cephalaria gazipashensis
speciesCephalaria gazipashensis
Cephalaria goetzei
speciesCephalaria goetzei
Cephalaria golestanica
speciesCephalaria golestanica
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 126997.