Knautia

Taxobox
name = " Knautia "

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = Knautia arvensis
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Dipsacales
familia = Dipsacaceae
genus = "Knautia"
genus_authority = L.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Knautia" is a genus in the family Dipsacaceae. The common names of these flowers are a variant of "widow flower." Others are given the name "Scabious," although this word belongs to a related genus ("Scabiosa").

Species include:

* "Knautia arvensis" - Meadow Widow Flower, Blue Buttons, Field Scabious
* "Knautia carinthiaca"
* "Knautia drymeia" - Hungarian Widow Flower
* "Knautia kitaiebellii"
* "Knautia longifolia" - Long Leaf Widow Flower
* "Knautia Macedonica"
* "Knautia maxima" - Forest Widow Flower
* "Knautia norica"

The genus Knautia comes from the 17th century German botanist, Dr Knaut.