field scabious
noun
A tall perennial herb, Knautia arvensis (family Dipsacaceae), of dry ground in north temperate regions which bears leafless stems of rounded bluish pink flower heads.
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Nicholas Culpeper (1616–1654), physician and astrologer.
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