| CEPHALARIA | ___ gigantea, the giant scabious - aha, replica perhaps! (10) |
| SLIVER | Silver building is the replica perhaps of The Shard (6) |
| SAGUARO | Giant cactus, Carnegiea gigantea, having edible red pulpy fruits (7) |
| DANCE | Rhythmic movement with actor Charles - and the small scabious cultivar 'Moon ___ '! (5) |
| HEARTTHROB | Aha! Robert turns out to be the antithesis of an eyesore. (10) |
| REDTOP | Widespread perennial grass, Agrostis gigantea, also known as black bent (6) |
| SCABIOSA | The scabious genus (8) |
| POSY | Tops of peony, oxeye, scabious and yarrow? (4) |
| BIT | Succisa pratensis is better known as devil's ___ scabious (3) |
| SUCCISA | Genus of devil's bit scabious - makes CIA cuss terribly! (7) |
| BUTTERFLYBLUE | A scabious cultivar attractive to pollinators - makes flutterer sad (9,4) |
| KNAUTIAS | Long-flowering, scabious-like plants - aka 'Tunis' variety (8) |
| DEVILS | Succisa pratensis, or - bit scabious, has purple blooms like pincushions in autumn (6) |
| PIXIE | This cultivar of Stipa gigantea, and an eating apple, and a trailing clematis, is a supernatural being in folklore and children's stories! (5) |
| MARASCHINO | What when drunk is crimson, aha! (10) |
| AYATOLLAHS | Shiite leaders cryptically say "Aha" when accepting ring (10) |
| HABITUATES | Gets used to weird butties? Aha! (10) |
| SHEEPSBIT | Plant resembling scabious |
| MANGY | Scabious |
| DEVILSBIT | Species of scabious with lilac-blue or violet pincushion-like flowers and roots imagined to have been begnawed by "Old Scratch", hence its name in question and Latin epithet Succisa pratensis, "cut fr |
