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Centaurea cyanus - Flower head - Click to enlarge!

Flower head; Potsdam, Germany; 6/2013 © Sonja Germer

Centaurea cyanus - Flower head bud - Click to enlarge!

Flower head bud; Potsdam, Germany; 6/2013 © Sonja Germer

Centaurea cyanus - Flower head, side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower head, side view; Potsdam, Germany; 6/2013 © Sonja Germer

Centaurea cyanus - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Potsdam, Germany; 6/2013 © Sonja Germer

Centaurea cyanus - Leaf insertion - Click to enlarge!

Leaf insertion; Potsdam, Germany; 6/2013 © Sonja Germer

Centaurea cyanus - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Potsdam, Germany; 6/2013 © Sonja Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 2118
Date of entry: 11.06.2013
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Cornflower

German: Kornblume

Portuguese: Escovinha

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2635)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2573)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2146)

      Order: Asterales (237)

        Family: Asteraceae (221)(family description)

          Genus: Centaurea (15)

            Epithet: cyanus L. (1)

cyanus => azure, blue

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habit: herb

Flower colour: blue

External links

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World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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