Flower head; Durach, Allgäu, Germany; 6/2013 © Sonja Germer
Flower head; Botanical Garden of the University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; 5/2012 © Jörn Germer
Flower head, side view; Botanical Garden of the University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; 5/2012 © Jörn Germer
Flower head, side view; Durach, Allgäu, Germany; 6/2013 © Sonja Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaf; Durach, Allgäu, Germany; 6/2013 © Sonja Germer
Habit; Botanical Garden of the University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; 5/2012 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Durach, Allgäu, Germany; 6/2013 © Sonja Germer
Identifier: 1952 Date of entry: 28.05.2012 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Perennial cornflower
German: Berg-Flockenblume
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Asterales (229)
Family: Asteraceae (228)(family description)
Genus: Centaurea (15)
Epithet: montana L. (9)
montana => growing in the mountains
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: blue
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