Difference between revisions of "Centaurea cyanus"
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|common_names=Bachelor’s-button;garden cornflower;cornflower;bluebottle;bluebonnets;blaver;blue-poppy;thimbles;brushes;corn pinks;witch’s bells;hurtsickle;bleuet;barbeau;casse lunette | |common_names=Bachelor’s-button;garden cornflower;cornflower;bluebottle;bluebonnets;blaver;blue-poppy;thimbles;brushes;corn pinks;witch’s bells;hurtsickle;bleuet;barbeau;casse lunette | ||
| + | |special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status | ||
| + | |code=I | ||
| + | |label=Introduced | ||
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|basionyms= | |basionyms= | ||
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|habitat=Grasslands, woodlands, forests, roadsides, other disturbed sites | |habitat=Grasslands, woodlands, forests, roadsides, other disturbed sites | ||
|elevation=50–2400 m | |elevation=50–2400 m | ||
| − | |distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.) | + | |distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Yukon;Ala.;Alaska;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;s Europe. |
| + | |introduced=true | ||
|discussion=<p><i>Centaurea cyanus</i> is a commonly cultivated garden ornamental. Its cypselae are often included in wildflower seed mixes and it naturalizes readily in many areas.</p> | |discussion=<p><i>Centaurea cyanus</i> is a commonly cultivated garden ornamental. Its cypselae are often included in wildflower seed mixes and it naturalizes readily in many areas.</p> | ||
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|habitat=Grasslands, woodlands, forests, roadsides, other disturbed sites | |habitat=Grasslands, woodlands, forests, roadsides, other disturbed sites | ||
|elevation=50–2400 m | |elevation=50–2400 m | ||
| − | |distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.) | + | |distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Yukon;Ala.;Alaska;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;s Europe. |
|introduced=true | |introduced=true | ||
|reference=None | |reference=None | ||
|publication title=Sp. Pl. | |publication title=Sp. Pl. | ||
|publication year=1753 | |publication year=1753 | ||
| − | |special status= | + | |special status=Introduced |
| − | |source xml=https:// | + | |source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V19-20-21/V19_206.xml |
|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Cardueae | |tribe=Asteraceae tribe Cardueae | ||
|genus=Centaurea | |genus=Centaurea | ||
Latest revision as of 19:50, 5 November 2020
Annuals, 20–100 cm. Stems usually 1, erect, ± openly branched distally, loosely tomentose. Leaves ± loosely gray-tomentose; basal leaf blades linear-lanceolate, 3–10 cm, margins entire or with remote linear lobes, apices acute; cauline linear, usually not much smaller except among heads, usually entire. Heads radiant, in open, rounded or ± flat-topped cymiform arrays, pedunculate. Involucres campanulate, 12–16 mm. Phyllaries: bodies green, ovate (outer) to oblong (inner), tomentose or becoming glabrous, margins and erect appendages white to dark brown or black, scarious, fringed with slender teeth ± 1 mm. Florets 25–35; corollas blue (white to purple), those of sterile florets raylike, enlarged, 20–25 mm, those of fertile florets 10–15 mm. Cypselae stramineous or pale blue, 4–5 mm, finely hairy; pappi of many unequal stiff bristles, 2–4 mm. 2n = 24 (Russia).
Phenology: Flowering spring–summer (May–Sep).
Habitat: Grasslands, woodlands, forests, roadsides, other disturbed sites
Elevation: 50–2400 m
Distribution
Introduced; Greenland, Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.), N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Yukon, Ala., Alaska, Ariz., Ark., Calif., Colo., Conn., Del., D.C., Fla., Ga., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., La., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Miss., Mo., Mont., Nebr., Nev., N.H., N.J., N.Mex., N.Y., N.C., N.Dak., Ohio, Okla., Oreg., Pa., R.I., S.C., S.Dak., Tenn., Tex., Utah, Vt., Va., Wash., W.Va., Wis., Wyo., s Europe.
Discussion
Centaurea cyanus is a commonly cultivated garden ornamental. Its cypselae are often included in wildflower seed mixes and it naturalizes readily in many areas.
Selected References
None.