Centaurea cyanus (Cornflower, Bachelor's buttons)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid II > Family: Asteraceae > Tribe: Cynareae > Genus: Centaurea

Native to Eurasia. Cultivated in gardens and in southern Africa has escaped and become naturalised.

Centaurea cyanus 'Florence Blue', New York Botanical Gardens. [photo H. Robertson, Iziko ©]