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Caprifoliaceae
Mournful-widow
Scabiosa atropurpurea
Also known as Pincushion flower, Sixalix atropurpurea, Scabiosa maritima var. sabuletorum, Scabiosa maritima var. latifolia
Zones 4–9Sun Partial SunWater ModerateCare Low
Native Plants · Pincushion Flower · Cottage Garden · Pollinator · Cut Flower · Annual · Purple Flowers · Scabiosa · Border Plant · Butterfly Garden
Pet-safeBeginner-friendlyMedicinalAttracts pollinators
In stock at 2 nurseriesStock updated 9/6/2026
Mournful-widow is an easy-going cottage garden annual that thrives in well-drained soil with moderate watering and partial sun. Deadhead spent blooms regularly to encourage a long flowering season of richly colored pincushion flowers. It is an excellent pollinator plant and requires minimal fertilizing once established.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, keeping soil evenly moist but not waterlogged · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
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Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Algeria, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Azores, Baleares, Brazil South, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Corse, East Aegean Is., Ecuador, France, Great Britain, Greece, Italy
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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