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Caprifoliaceae
Knautia
Knautia macedonica
cheerful persistence.
- Family
- Caprifoliaceae
- Genus
- Knautia
- Native to
- Macedonia, Balkans, southeastern Europe
- Bloom season
- Summer, Autumn
- Type
- perennial herb
- Height
- 2-3 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun
- Soil
- well-drained, alkaline, lean
- Water
- low
- Hardiness
- 5-9
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- Knautia macedonica produces an extraordinarily long season of deep crimson pincushion flowers — from June until hard frost, often 5 months of continuous bloom.
- Its flowers are architecturally similar to scabiosa (pincushion flower) and the two are closely related, both formerly placed in the Dipsacaceae family.
- The plant self-seeds prolifically but is never invasive, filling gaps in the garden with seedlings that flower in slightly varied shades of red and pink.
- Bees, butterflies, and hoverflies are intensely attracted to the flowers, and a single plant can attract dozens of insects on a warm summer day.
- Named after German botanist Christoph Knaut by Linnaeus in honor of Knaut's contributions to Saxon plant taxonomy.
Color meanings
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persistence
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natural beauty
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wildlife partnership