Yellow Scabious
Cephalaria gigantea
Caprifoliaceae
Other names
Giant Scabious
Growth habit
Herbaceous
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Caucasus, Siberia
Source of plant
Fieldstone Gardens, Digging Dog Nursery
Description
To 2m; stems robust, stongly ridged, pubescent in basal parts. Leaves pinnatifid, segments oblong to broadly lanceolate, decurrent, coarsely toothed. Flowers ivory to yellow, the outermost largest, borne in heads to 5cm diameter.
USDA Hardiness Zone
5