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chalkhill blue female on small scabious Small scabious on lime grassland, UK Geotagged,Scabiosa columbaria,Small scabious,Summer,United Kingdom Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

chalkhill blue female on small scabious

Small scabious on lime grassland, UK

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    I thought I was chasing a brown argos, but now i think it could be a female chalkhill blue - any thoughts. The flower is a devils bit scabious and is the best bit of the image, Posted 10 years ago
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      Hi dunlak, the problem with with common names is that they may be not be unique to one species or there may be more than one name for a species etc. That's why it is best to find the scientific name to be sure that the identification system will recognise it.

      In this case I see another problem though. There are two similar species from two different genera. Usually devil's bit scabious refers to Succisa pratensis, however, all the florets of this species are the same and it usually has a globular shape of the inflorescence. On this photo I see smaller florets in the center and larger one around the edge on a rather flat surface. This looks more like a Scabiosa species, maybe S. columbaria. On the other photo you can see that the sepals are different too. As there is no wikipedia page for this species, it has to be created manually.
      chalkhill blue 2 on small scabious Rodborough Common 2015, good numbers of chalkhill blues, this time with a little friend. Geotagged,Polyommatus coridon,Summer,United Kingdom,chalkhill blue

      http://www.commanster.eu/commanster/Plants/Flowers/SuFlowers/Succisa.pratensis.html
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succisa_pratensis#/media/File:SuccisaPratensis2.jpg
      https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Teufelsabbiss_Succisa_pratensis_08_12.JPG
      http://www.nature-diary.co.uk/2004-11-02a.htm
      http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Succisa+pratensis
      https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/details?plantid=1801
      https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/species/scabiosa/columbaria/
      http://www.discoverlife.org/20/q?search=Scabiosa+columbaria       Posted 10 years ago, modified 10 years ago
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    Greast, thanks for helping me with this.
     Posted 10 years ago

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The Small scabious

Scabiosa columbaria is native to Europe, northern Africa and western Asia. It is grown as a garden ornamental, and very occasionally escapes in North America, where it has been collected only in Ohio, New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts.

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Similar species: Dipsacales
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Uploaded Aug 17, 2015. Captured Aug 17, 2015 16:02 in Folly Lane, Stroud, Gloucestershire GL6, UK.
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  • Canon EOS 5D Mark III
  • f/8.0
  • 1/160s
  • ISO320
  • 100mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.