Ten Scabiosa species compared through exact Wikimedia Commons photographs of flowers and foliage. An editorial selection, not a scientific ranking. Original video contributions: CC BY-SA 4.0. Individual photographs retain the licences and credits listed in attribution; public-domain and CC0 photographs remain so. Photograph credits: 1. File:Scabiosa columbaria Butterfly Blue 2.jpg; Stan Shebs; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AScabiosa_columbaria_Butterfly_Blue_2.jpg; Whole photograph scaled with contain fit, no photographic cropping; dark layout matte and localized text added. 2. File:20150625Scabiosa ochroleuca1.jpg; AnRo0002; CC0; http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A20150625Scabiosa_ochroleuca1.jpg; Whole photograph scaled with contain fit, no photographic cropping; dark layout matte and localized text added. 3. File:20140803Scabiosa canescens3 (cropped).jpg; AnRo0002; CC0; http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A20140803Scabiosa_canescens3_%28cropped%29.jpg; Whole photograph scaled with contain fit, no photographic cropping; dark layout matte and localized text added. 4. File:Scabiosa lucida a1.jpg; Opioła Jerzy; CC BY-SA 3.0; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AScabiosa_lucida_a1.jpg; Whole photograph scaled with contain fit, no photographic cropping; dark layout matte and localized text added. 5. File:Scabiosa japonica 07.jpg; Σ64; CC BY 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AScabiosa_japonica_07.jpg; Whole photograph scaled with contain fit, no photographic cropping; dark layout matte and localized text added. 6. File:Scabiosa incisa.jpg; Paul Emms - https://www.inaturalist.org/people/emmspaul; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AScabiosa_incisa.jpg; Whole photograph scaled with contain fit, no photographic cropping; dark layout matte and localized text added. 7. File:Scabiosa africana 2.jpg; Stan Shebs; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AScabiosa_africana_2.jpg; Whole photograph scaled with contain fit, no photographic cropping; dark layout matte and localized text added. 8. File:Scabiosa nitens (Flower).jpg; Ixitixel; CC BY-SA 3.0; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AScabiosa_nitens_%28Flower%29.jpg; Whole photograph scaled with contain fit, no photographic cropping; dark layout matte and localized text added. 9. File:Scabiosa comosa 58515197.jpg; yvesbas; CC BY 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AScabiosa_comosa_58515197.jpg; Whole photograph scaled with contain fit, no photographic cropping; dark layout matte and localized text added. 10. File:Scabiosa silenifolia PID1783-1.jpg; Boris Gaberšček; CC BY 2.5 si; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/si/deed.en; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AScabiosa_silenifolia_PID1783-1.jpg; Whole photograph scaled with contain fit, no photographic cropping; dark layout matte and localized text added.