Adults are on wing during the day and feed on the nectar of various flowers, including " Knautia ", " Scabiosa " and " Centaurea " species.
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In particular, it has the largest area of the grassland type which is characterised by blue moor-grass, " Sesleria albicans ", and small scabious, " Scabiosa columbaria ".
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The common names of these flowers are a variant of " widow flower . " Others are given the name " Scabious, " although this word belongs to a related genus ( " Scabiosa " ).
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The grasslands at Quarrington Hill are typical of the type, being characterised by the presence of blue moor-grass, " Sesleria albicans ", and small scabious, " Scabiosa columbaria ".
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Lifting them makes room for summer blooms, like the scabiosa and Russian sage I'm putting in the pots, and all the oreganos, lavenders, salvias and you-name-its I can't stop collecting.
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In 1782, a mysterious pale yellow scabious, called " Scabiosa trenta ", was described by Belsazar Hacquet, an Austrian physician, botanist, and mountaineer, in his work " Plantae alpinae Carniolicae ".
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Instead, modern surrogate iron gall formulas such as blue-black bottled inks by Lamy ( discontinued in 2012 ), Rohrer & Klingner " Salix " and ( purplish grey ) " Scabiosa " inks are offered for fountain pens.
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The site's interest lies in an area of unimproved magnesian limestone grassland, in which blue moor-grass, " Sesleria albicans ", and small scabious, " Scabiosa columbaria ", are the dominant species.
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Amongst these are found a number of species associated with limestone including kidney vetch ( " Anthyllis vulneraria " ), purging flax ( " Linum catharticum " ) and small scabious ( " Scabiosa columbaria " ).
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Scabious flowers are nectar rich and attractive to many insects including butterflies and moths such as the six-spot burnet . " Scabiosa " species are food plants for the larvae of some species of Lepidoptera such as the grey pug moth.
