Henfield Road, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (up from Small Dole Stores). Nothing else quite like it so easy to ID. Note this was once under the Dipsacaceae but that family no longer exists. Genetic testing found that Scabious (and Teasel) are closely allied to Honeysuckles (although they look nothing like them!).

Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis) (20/06/2022) Henfield Road, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (up from Small Dole Stores). Nothing else quite like it so easy to ID. Note this was once under the Dipsacaceae but that family no longer exists. Genetic testing found that Scabious (and Teasel) are closely allied to Honeysuckles (although they look nothing like them!).

Edburton Road, Edburton, W Sussex (along the verge there are a lot of them). You can just about make out that the outer large flowers have four petals - Small Scabious outer flowers have five petals.

Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis) (03/07/2022) Edburton Road, Edburton, W Sussex (along the verge there are a lot of them). You can just about make out that the outer large flowers have four petals - Small Scabious outer flowers have five petals.

Edburton Road, Edburton, W Sussex (along the verge there are a lot of them). Small Scabious instead has 5 petals - you can see here flower lower left has four petals making it Field Scabious (plus Small Scabioius has more tubular flowers).

Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis) (03/07/2022) Edburton Road, Edburton, W Sussex (along the verge there are a lot of them). Small Scabious instead has 5 petals - you can see here flower lower left has four petals making it Field Scabious (plus Small Scabioius has more tubular flowers).

Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis) (03/07/2022) Edburton Road, Edburton, W Sussex (along the verge there are a lot of them).

Edburton Road, Edburton, W Sussex (along the verge there are a lot of them). Confused by this one - lots of styles/stigmas visible but no anthers, or at least I can see some small ones within the flowers. Perhaps the stigmas emerge first to catch pollen from other plants, then the anthers emerge to transfer pollen to other plants once this flower has been fertilised.

Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis) (03/07/2022) Edburton Road, Edburton, W Sussex (along the verge there are a lot of them). Confused by this one - lots of styles/stigmas visible but no anthers, or at least I can see some small ones within the flowers. Perhaps the stigmas emerge first to catch pollen from other plants, then the anthers emerge to transfer pollen to other plants once this flower has been fertilised.

Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis) (03/07/2022) Edburton Road, Edburton, W Sussex (along the verge there are a lot of them). Stigmas.

Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis) (20/06/2022) Henfield Road, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (up from Small Dole Stores).

Henfield Road, right hand side, just up from Small Dole Stores en route to Henfield, W Sussex. A particularly ragged specimen, probably dying off (old anthers are brown).

Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis) (06/09/2021) Henfield Road, right hand side, just up from Small Dole Stores en route to Henfield, W Sussex. A particularly ragged specimen, probably dying off (old anthers are brown).

Henfield Road, right hand side, just up from Small Dole Stores en route to Henfield, W Sussex. Withering and starting to turn to fruit.

Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis) (06/09/2021) Henfield Road, right hand side, just up from Small Dole Stores en route to Henfield, W Sussex. Withering and starting to turn to fruit.

Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis) (07/08/2023) Tottington Wood, Small Dole, Henfield. Not yet fully in bloom.

Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis) (03/07/2022) Edburton Road, Edburton, W Sussex (along the verge there are a lot of them). 2 rows of hairy sepals.

Henfield Road, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (up from Small Dole Stores). The difference between Field and Small Scabious - the latter has narrow almost linear bracts in only one row. As you can see, this Field Scabious has wide bracts in a couple of rows.

Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis) (20/06/2022) Henfield Road, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (up from Small Dole Stores). The difference between Field and Small Scabious - the latter has narrow almost linear bracts in only one row. As you can see, this Field Scabious has wide bracts in a couple of rows.

Edburton Road, Edburton, W Sussex (along the verge there are a lot of them). Flower buds. Definitely Field and not Small Scabious because the latter has much thinner bracts.

Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis) (03/07/2022) Edburton Road, Edburton, W Sussex (along the verge there are a lot of them). Flower buds. Definitely Field and not Small Scabious because the latter has much thinner bracts.

Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis) (03/07/2022) Edburton Road, Edburton, W Sussex (along the verge there are a lot of them). Flower buds.

Henfield Road, right hand side, just up from Small Dole Stores en route to Henfield, W Sussex. Mid-stem leaf.

Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis) (06/09/2021) Henfield Road, right hand side, just up from Small Dole Stores en route to Henfield, W Sussex. Mid-stem leaf.

Edburton Road, Edburton, W Sussex (along the verge there are a lot of them). Lower leaf. Small Scabious instead has very divided and smaller leaves.

Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis) (03/07/2022) Edburton Road, Edburton, W Sussex (along the verge there are a lot of them). Lower leaf. Small Scabious instead has very divided and smaller leaves.

Edburton Road, Edburton, W Sussex (along the verge there are a lot of them). Close-up of previous leaf showing the hairy-edged nature of the leaves.

Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis) (03/07/2022) Edburton Road, Edburton, W Sussex (along the verge there are a lot of them). Close-up of previous leaf showing the hairy-edged nature of the leaves.

Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis) (03/07/2022) Edburton Road, Edburton, W Sussex (along the verge there are a lot of them). An upper stem leaf.

Henfield Road, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (up from Small Dole Stores). Very long hairs attached from a red/brown glandular base.

Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis) (20/06/2022) Henfield Road, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (up from Small Dole Stores). Very long hairs attached from a red/brown glandular base.

Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis) (06/09/2021) Henfield Road, right hand side, just up from Small Dole Stores en route to Henfield, W Sussex. Fruits.

Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis) (06/09/2021) Henfield Road, right hand side, just up from Small Dole Stores en route to Henfield, W Sussex.