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Scabiosa

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Dipsacaceae

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Images from the collections

Images about Scabiosa

7 images from works
  • Scabious (Scabiosa loevigata): flowering and fruiting stem with rootstock, in two sections.. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.
  • Scabious (Scabiosa palaestina L.): flowering stem and separate flower. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Scabious (Scabiosa divaricata): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Field scabious plant (Knautia arvensis): flowering and fruiting stem. Partially coloured lithograph by F. Waller, c. 1863, after C. Gower.
  • Eight British wild flowers, including teasel (Dipsacus sativa), devil's bit scabious (Succisa pratensis) and sheep's bit scabious (Jasione montana). Coloured lithograph, c. 1856, after H. Humphreys.
  • Two flowering plants, one possibly a scabious (Scabiosa species). Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • Two plants, one possibly scabious (Scabiosa species). Etching.

Works from the collections

13 works

    • Pictures

    Scabious (Scabiosa syriaca): flowering stem with floral segments. Line engraving by J. Hill, c. 1772, after himself.

    Hill, John, active 1716-1720. | Date: [1759-1775] | Reference: 20744i
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    Two scabious plants (Scabiosa ucranica and Scabiosa graminifolia): flowering stems with floral segments. Line engraving by J. Hill, c. 1772, after himself.

    Hill, John, active 1716-1720. | Date: [1759-1775] | Reference: 20748i
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    Scabious (Scabiosa palaestina L.): flowering stem and separate flower. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

    Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801. | Date: [1770] | Reference: 17743i
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    Two scabious plants (Scabiosa tartanica and Scabiosa integrifolia): flowering stems with floral segments. Line engraving by J. Hill, c. 1772, after himself.

    Hill, John, active 1716-1720. | Date: [1759-1775] | Reference: 20745i
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    • Online

    Scabious (Scabiosa divaricata): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

    Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801. | Date: [1770] | Reference: 17487i
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Related topics

Plants
Dipsacaceae
Botany
Botany - History
Plants, Cultivated
Plants, Ornamental

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