Succisella inflexa (Kluk) Beck
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Dipsacaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Much branched, fibrous-rooted perennial 4–10 dm; lvs lance-linear, only those of the branches much reduced; heads 1–1.5 cm thick; cor pale blue; fr 5 mm, glabrous, strongly 8-ribbed; cal short, awnless; 2n=20. Native of Europe, occasionally found in fields and waste places from N. Engl. to Pa. June–Sept. (Scabiosa australis; Succisa inflexa)
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Common Names
Devil's bit