Cornflower
Centaurea cyanus
Summary 8
Centaurea cyanus, commonly known as cornflower, bachelor's button, bluebottle, boutonniere flower, hurtsickle or cyani flower, is an annual flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Europe. "Cornflower" is also used for chicory, and a few other Centaurea species; to distinguish C. cyanus from these it is sometimes called common cornflower. It may also be referred to as basketflower, though the term also refers to the Plectocephalus group of Centaurea, which is probably a distinct genus.
Habitat 9
Cornflower is a plant of arable fields and sandy loam soil. It was often found growing in association with corn marigold Chrysanthemum segetum.
Sources and Credits
- (c) Albert H., some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Centaurea_cyanus_20060624120252wp.jpg/460px-Centaurea_cyanus_20060624120252wp.jpg
- (c) Udo Schmidt, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/coleoptera-us/7477567080/
- (c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/CentaureaCyanus-overz-kl.jpg/460px-CentaureaCyanus-overz-kl.jpg
- (c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/CentaureaCyanus-plant-kl.jpg/460px-CentaureaCyanus-plant-kl.jpg
- (c) Jörg Hempel, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4017/4236266983_ee3e8c71cb_o.jpg
- (c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.biopix.com/PhotosMedium/JCS%20Centaurea%20cyanus%2026180.jpg
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- Adapted by Kate Wagner from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaurea_cyanus
- (c) Wildscreen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/6688761
More Info
- iNat taxon page
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- Calflora
- CalPhotos
- eFloras.org
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- Jepson eFlora
- Maryland Biodiversity Project
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- World Flora Online
