Centaurea montana: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Centaurea
- Species
- Centaurea montana
- Scientific Name
- Centaurea montana
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Centaurea montana
Centaurea montana, the perennial cornflower, mountain cornflower, bachelor's button, montane knapweed or mountain bluet, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, endemic to Europe. It is widespread and common in the more southerly mountain ranges of Europe, but is rarer in the north. It escapes from gardens readily, and has thereby become established in the British Isles, Scandinavia and North America. This plant has become an invasive species in British Columbia, Canada. Centaurea montana grows in meadows and open woodland in the upper montane and sub-alpine zones, in basic areas. It grows to 30–70 centimetres (12–28 in) tall, and flowers mainly from May to August.
Centaurea montana may be distinguished from other Centaurea species in the region by its usually entire leaves, and the blue-purple colour of the outermost ray florets. It may be distinguished from the cornflower, Centaurea cyanus, by having a single (rarely up to three) flower heads, and by its being perennial, whereas the cornflower has many flower heads and is annual. The closely related C. triumfettii has more narrowly winged stems, narrower leaves and grows in rockier areas.
...Centaurea montana in languages:
- Bokmål
- honningknoppurt
- Chinese
- 山矢車菊
- Czech
- chrpa horská
- Danish
- Bjerg-Knopurt
- Dutch
- Bergkorenbloem
- Dutch
- Bergcentaurie
- English
- Perennial Cornflower
- Estonian
- mägijumikas
- Finnish
- Vuorikaunokki
- French
- Centaurée de montagne
- French
- Bleuet des montagnes
- German
- Berg-Flockenblume
- Hungarian
- Hegyi imola
- Japanese
- ヤマヤグルマギク
- Lithuanian
- Kalninė bajorė
- Polish
- Chaber górski
- Russian
- Василёк горный
- Slovene
- gorski glavinec
- Swedish
- bergklint
- Ukrainian
- Волошка гірська
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Centaurea adamovicii
- Centaurea adscendens
- Centaurea albofimbriata
- Centaurea angelescui
- Centaurea axillaris
- Centaurea cheiranthifolia
- Centaurea cyanoides
- Centaurea cyanus
- Centaurea depressa
- Centaurea dominii
- Centaurea fuscomarginata
- Centaurea germanicopolitana
- Centaurea graminifolia
- Centaurea lingulata
- Centaurea lugdunensis
- Centaurea maramarosiensis
- Centaurea matthiolifolia
- Centaurea montana
- Centaurea napulifera
- Centaurea nissana
- Centaurea novakii
- Centaurea orbelica
- Centaurea pichleri
- Centaurea pinardi
- Centaurea pinnatifida
- Centaurea pseudoaxillaris
- Centaurea semidecurrens
- Centaurea stricta
- Centaurea tanaitica
- Centaurea tchihatcheffii
- Centaurea thirkei
- Centaurea triumfettii
Top Observation Places
- Lund
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