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Cornflower, Bachelor's Buttons

Centaurea cyanus

Photo by joanbstanley
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Field Notes

Description:

Bachelor's button grows one to three feet tall with innumerable fluffy but trim round flowers held above the rather sparse, long and narrow gray-green leaves. The habit of growth is relatively loose, except with compact new cultivars.

Habitat:

Hillside in greenbelt.

Notes:

In Russia, blue dye made from Cornflowers adds color and a spicy flavor to vodka.

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Cornflower

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