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Devil's-bit Scabious
Succisa pratensis
Succisa pratensis, also known as devil's-bit or devil's-bit scabious, is a flowering plant in the honeysuckle family Caprifoliaceae. It differs from other similar species in that it has 4-lobed flowers, whereas small scabious and field scabious have 5 lobes and hence it has been placed in a separate genus in the same family. It also grows on damper ground.
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation
Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.85
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.212
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.749
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.747
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.318
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.453
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.795
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.144
Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.308
In the stacks
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Every page naming Succisa pratensis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 131203.