BC Flora
Centaurea cyanus
| Name |
| Centaurea cyanus |
| Common Name |
| cornflower |
| Vascular Plants of BC ID Number |
| 1169 |
| Biogeoclimatic Regions |
| Coastal Douglas fir |
| Interior western hemlock |
| Status in the Flora of BC |
| Naturalized |
| Duration |
| Annual Winter annual |
| Habit |
| Sex |
| Monoclinous |
| Flower Colour |
| blue or red-purple |
| Flowering Months |
| | May | June | July | August | September | October | |
| Fruit |
| Simple dry indehiscent fruit |
| Fruit Colour |
| brown or yellow-orange |
| Base Chromosome Number |
| Chromosome Status in BC |
| Chromosome Somatic Number in BC |
| Poison Status in BC |
| Other species of genus poisonous |
| Economic Status in BC |
| Weed |
| Ornamental |
| Ornamental Value in BC |
| Flower |
| Endangered Status in BC |
| Not endangered as of 1976. Try a search on BC Species Explorer for "Centaurea cyanus" for updated information - note that this search will not currently work when discrepancies in nomenclature occur. |
| References |
| (Not yet available) |
| Links |
| Search NatureServe Explorer for "Centaurea cyanus" |
| Search Google images for "Centaurea cyanus" |
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