Devil's Bit Scabious
Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 19th August 2022 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Lochwinnoch on 1st August 2021 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode. Fact File
Taken at RSPB Hobbister on 17th July 2018 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode. Fact File

Foliage
Taken at Yesnaby on 10th July 2018 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode.		 Fact File
Devil's Bit Scabious.
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AKA: 		Succisa pratensis.
Dipsacales.
Caprifoliaceae.
Herbaceous Perennial.
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 Meadows and woods, lowland heath, marshy areas.
June - October
8 - 25 cms
Scabious were used to treat Scabies, and other afflictions of the skin including sores caused by the Bubonic Plague. The word scabies comes from the Latin word for "scratch". The short black root was, in folk tales, bitten off by the devil, angry at the plant's ability to cure these ailments.