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Devil's-bit Scabious

山蘿蔔 · 山萝卜 · 山蘿蔔 · Succise des prés · Mordisco del diablo

Succisa pratensis

Fluffy purple pin-cushion flowers in late summer. Legend says the devil bit off the long root in anger because the plant was too good at curing illness!