DESCRIPTION

Scabiosa incisa is a rewarding, long-flowering perrenial with mauve-pink coloured flower heads on long stalks. The leaves differ from the closely related S. africana in that they are more incised (more ‘shredded’ in appearance). The flowers attract numerous insects, especially butterflies, as well as crab spiders which use the flower heads as hunting pads to catch unwary prey, and are suprising camouflaged. S incisa is fast growing and once established does well in a waterwise garden, although the plants can become a bit unruly after a season or two and can be cut back or replaced.