Photo: Succisa pratensis.

Flowers. It's got its name from the shape of the root - like somebody's bitten it right off, from beneath. Perheniemi, Finland. Wild. 2000-09-07.
Succisa pratensis Moench Engl.: devil's bit scabious, devilsbit, ofbit, premorse scabious. Deu.: Gewöhnlicher Teufelsabbiss, Teufelsabbiss, Abbiss, Abbisskraut. Suom.: purtojuuri. Sven.: ängsvädd, knappvädd. Bot. syn.: Scabiosa succisa L.
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Photo: Succisa pratensis.