60 Seeds - Cornflower polka dot - Centaurea Cyanus - Annual Plant - 14 Rand Bulk Pack

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60 Seeds - Cornflower polka dot - Centaurea Cyanus - Annual Plant - 14 Rand Bulk Pack

Such an apt name for this ¿polka dot¿ array of flowers. Centaurea cyanus (Cornflower, Bachelor's button, Bluebottle, Boutonniere flower, Hurtsickle, Cyani flower) is a small annual flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Europe. "Cornflower" is also erroneously used for chicory, and more correctly for a few other Centaurea species; to distinguish C. cyanus from these it is sometimes called Common Cornflower. It may also be referred to as basket flower, though the term properly refers to the Plectocephalus group of Centaurea, which is probably a distinct genus. It is an annual plant growing to 16-35 inches tall, with grey-green branched stems. The leaves are lanceolate, 1¿4 cm long. The flowers are most commonly an intense blue colour, produced in flower heads (capitula) 1.5¿3 cm diameter, with a ring of a few large, spreading ray florets surrounding a central cluster of disc florets. The blue pigment is protocyanin, which in roses is red. In the past it often grew as a weed in crop fields, hence its name (fields growing grains such as wheat, barley, rye, or oats were formerly known as "corn fields" in England).

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