Knautia

Knautia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae. It includes 55 species native to Europe, North Africa, Western and Central Asia, and Siberia. The common names are variants of "widow flower". Others are given the name "scabious", which properly belongs to the related genus (Scabiosa). The name Knautia comes from the 17th-century German botanists, Drs. Christoph and Christian Knaut.

==Species== 55 species are accepted. Knautia adriatica Knautia albanica Knautia × alleizettei Knautia ambigua Knautia arvensis – Meadow widow flower, blue buttons, field scabious Knautia arvernensis Knautia baldensis Knautia basaltica Knautia byzantina Knautia calycina Knautia carinthiaca Knautia caroli-rechingeri Knautia × chassagnei Knautia clementii Knautia collina Knautia dalmatica Knautia degenii Knautia dinarica Knautia dipsacifolia Knautia × dobrogensis Knautia drymeia – Hungarian widow flower Knautia fleischmannii Knautia foreziensis Knautia godetii Knautia goecmenii Knautia gussonei Knautia illyrica Knautia integrifolia Knautia × intercedens Knautia involucrata Knautia kitaibelii Knautia lebrunii Knautia legionensis Knautia × leucantha Knautia longifolia – Long leaf widow flower Knautia lucana Knautia macedonica – Macedonian scabious Knautia magnifica Knautia mauritanica Knautia mollis Knautia nevadensis Knautia × norica Knautia numantina Knautia × oecsemensis Knautia orientalis Knautia pancicii Knautia pectinata Knautia persicina Knautia × posoniensis Knautia ressmannii Knautia rupicola Knautia salvadoris Knautia × sambucifolia Knautia sarajevensis Knautia shepardii Knautia slovaca Knautia × speciosa Knautia subcanescens Knautia subscaposa Knautia tatarica Knautia transalpina Knautia travnicensis Knautia × ujhelyii Knautia velebitica Knautia velutina Knautia visianii