Blue Buttons

Knautia arvensis is a member of the honeysuckle family, Caprifoliaceae, and is known by the common names Blue Buttons and field scabious. It is a herbaceous perennial species that is naturally distributed across a wide geographic range, including parts of North America, Europe, and South America. The plant is found in locations such as Newfoundland, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Russia, Flanders, Argentina, Iceland, and Vermont in the United States.