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Species
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderDipsacales
- FamilyCaprifoliaceae
Der Gewöhnliche Teufelsabbiss (Succisa pratensis, Synonym: Scabiosa succisa L.), auch einfach Teufelsabbiss, Abbiss oder Teufelwurz und Teufelsbiss genannt, ist eine Pflanzenart aus der Gattung Succisa in der Unterfamilie der Kardengewächse (Dipsacoideae) innerhalb der Geißblattgewächse (Caprifoliaceae). Der Trivialname (Östlicher) Teufelsabbiss wird außerdem für die verwandte Art Succisella inflexa verwendet. Die Stiftung Naturschutz Hamburg kürte den Gewöhnlichen Teufelsabbiss zur Blume des Jahres 2015.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3,173
- With media
- 2,003
- Family
- Caprifoliaceae
- Collections
- UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, CHAS, UTEP, MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND, DEK, QUE
- Recorded in
- Poland, Finland, United States, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Denmark, Pologne, Norway
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Encyclopedic overview
Succisa pratensis, known as devil's-bit scabious or simply devil's-bit, is a flowering plant in the honeysuckle family Caprifoliaceae, formerly included in the teasel family Dipsacaceae. It is common throughout northern Europe and western Asia in heathland, unimproved damp grassland and chalk or limestone grassland, where it is restricted to nutrient-poor soils. It has decreased somewhat due to agricultural intensification in many areas, but remains widespread and even common throughout its range. Its name derives from the curiously truncated root, which in ancient times was thought to be associated with magical or medicinal properties.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Succisa pratensis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.