Field Scabious
Knautia arvensis
- Flowering period
- June–August
- Nectar
- gut
- Pollen
- gering
Field Scabious flowers from June to August on poor meadows, roadside verges and embankments. The nectar value is good, the pollen value low. It needs moderately dry, base-rich sites and disappears from heavily fertilised, early-mown meadows. Besides the honeybee, it is the lifeline of specialised wild bees, which matters for site management.
Sources (5)
- Trachtpflanzen-Katalog Bienenroute: Wiesen-Witwenblume
- Bienenweidepflanzen für den Hausgarten, Bayerische Landesanstalt für Weinbau und Gartenbau (LWG) Veitshöchheim
- Filipiak, Walczyńska, Denisow, Petanidou, Ziółkowska (2022): Phenology and production of pollen, nectar and sugar in 1612 plant species from various environments
- Baude, Kunin, Memmott (2015): Nectar sugar values of common British plant species [AgriLand]
- Baude, Kunin, Davies, Wright, Memmott (2025): Pollen production values of common British plant species