Centaurea cyanus Linnaeus

Centaurea cyanus Linnaeus is an accepted species name sensu FNA Ed. Comm., 2006a.

Vernacular names

• centaurée bleuet Darbyshire et al., 2000
• barbeau FNA Ed. Comm., 2006a
• bleuet Marie-Victorin, 1995
• bluet Marie-Victorin, 1995
• casse lunette FNA Ed. Comm., 2006a
• centaurée bluet Marie-Victorin, 1995

• bachelor's button FNA Ed. Comm., 2006a
• bluebonnets FNA Ed. Comm., 2006a
• bluebottle FNA Ed. Comm., 2006a
• cornflower FNA Ed. Comm., 2006a
• garden cornflower FNA Ed. Comm., 2006a

Synonyms

• Cyanus segetum Hill TROPICOS
• Leucacantha cyanus (Linnaeus) Nieuwland & Lunell FNA Ed. Comm., 2006a

Distribution

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• Native
• Introduced
• Ephemeral
• Excluded
• Extirpated
• Doubtful
• Absent

Classification

Class	Equisetopsida
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Superorder	Asteranae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae
Subfamily	Carduoideae
Tribe	Cardueae
Genus	Centaurea
Species	Centaurea cyanus

Habit

Herb