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Mountain Cornflower (Berg-Flockenblume)

Centaurea montana

Photo by Gigi
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Field Notes

Description:

Die Berg-Flockenblume (Centaurea montana) ist eine Pflanzenart der Gattung Flockenblumen (Centaurea) in der Unterfamilie der Carduoideae aus der Familie der Korbblütler (Asteraceae).

Habitat:

Die Berg-Flockenblume ist in den Gebirgen Mittel- und Südeuropas zwischen einer Höhe von 500 und 2200 Metern NN anzutreffen. Sie findet sich sehr selten in Norddeutschland und Ostbayern, im übrigen Deutschland ist sie mäßig bis weit verbreitet. In Österreich häufig in der obermontanen bis subalpinen Höhenstufe in den Bundesländern, Ober-, Niederösterreich, Steiermark, Kärnten, Salzburg Tirol und Vorarlberg.
Als Standort werden Hochstaudenfluren, Fettwiesen und frische, lichte Wälder bevorzugt.

Reference Links:

Berg-Flockenblume – Wikipedia

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Comments (10)
Gigi
Thank you, shebebusynow
shebebusynow
Lean close and see if you detect a fragrance. Some people can--it's sweet. This flower goes by many names, including Bachelor button. Weed-haters call it Montana knapweed, a Meditarranean cultivar that's escaped gardens in the western US. It does "volunteer" pretty easily if the ground around it is clear, but I don't find it out-competes the natives.
Ashish
Its famous as spread world wide...as ornamental garden plant today..!!
Gigi
Yes, it's a "Centaurea montana" Thank you AshishNimkar!
Ashish
May be Centaurea cyanus
sttweets
I think I have a similar flower on ProjectNoah, not knowing what it is, so if you find out, please let me know. And by the way, this: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/5525729 would be a cornflower.
Gigi
Not realy! What did you think is it?
anamlc
Are you sure is a Corn flower? what kind of Corn?
Ashish
Corn flower...as I learned from Project Noah...

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