Centaurea cyanus Calflora

Calflora

Taxon Report 1846

Centaurea cyanus L.

Batchelor button, Garden cornflower

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Centaurea cyanus, a dicot, is an annual herb that is not native to California; it was introduced from elsewhere and naturalized in the wild.


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Family:	ASTERACEAE
Genus:	Centaurea

Communities: escaped cultivar

Wetlands: Occurs usually in non wetlands, occasionally in wetlands

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:

PLANTS:

Leucacantha cyanus

More information about Centaurea cyanus


Nursery / seed vendor availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Photos on PlantID.net / Google Images	Jepson eFlora Records from the Consortium of California Herbaria ITIS Original Publication citation USDA PLANTS Profile (CECY2)	Search the International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) website references from Google

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria. [web application]. 2019. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: Jan 18, 2019).