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Knautia dipsacifolia

No common English name — the scientific name is given

alternative placement of the species: Knautia maxima (Opiz) J.Ortmann — the German Wikipedia places the species under this name; GBIF treats it as a synonym of Knautia dipsacifolia

Genus Knautia. Family Caprifoliaceae.

Knautia dipsacifolia — Photographs 1
Knautia dipsacifolia. Flowering plant.
Photo: Wikipedia, Meneerke bloem

Description

A perennial herbaceous plant 40 to 100 cm tall. It grows in forests and thickets of the forest belt. In modern classifications the family Dipsacaceae has been dissolved and the genus is placed in the Caprifoliaceae.
Translated from the Russian-language Wikipedia.

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Photographs

Knautia dipsacifolia — Photographs 2
Knautia dipsacifolia. Botanical illustration.
Friedrich Oltmanns, Pflanzenleben des Schwarzwaldes / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain