Plant	Leaf
Flower	Fruit

Height: 30-100cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Rhizomatous
Hermaphrodite, Flowering July - October (Earliest: 24.6)

Protective Chemicals
Iridoids	Cephalarioside
Saponins	Scabiosin
Phenolics	Tannins

Biotopes:	Wet Meadows	Wet Forest
Flower Visitors:	Several Apidae	Aphantopus hyperantus	Boloria selene	Pieris napi
	Pieris rapae	Thymelicus sylvestris	Autographa gamma	Diachrysia chrysitis
	Many Syrphidae	Helina confinis	Empis picipes
Parasites:	Ramularia succisae	Septoria scabiosicola
Herbivores:	Diacrisia sannio Larva	Celypha lacunana Larva	Cnephasia incertana Larva	Stenoptilia bipunctidactyla Larva
	Udea lutealis Larva	Abia sericea Larva	Tenthredo atra Larva	Galeruca tanaceti
Sapivores:	Aphis fabae
Florivores:	Eupithecia centaureata
Granivores:	Carduelis carduelis

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Devilsbit Scabious

Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005 J.K. Lindsey

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