Bachelor Buttons
Centaurea cyanus
[sen-TORE-ee-a SY-an-us]
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Bachelor Buttons
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FAMILY: Asteraceae (Sunflower) DESCRIPTION: {introduced} Unlike many sunflowers which have both 'ray' and 'disk' flowers, Bachelor Buttons only have 'disk' flowers. The outside flower-like structures are really sterile discoid petals. HABITAT: Disturbed grassland, open woods under 6,000'. Our colorful patch is on a sunny hillside of disturbed shale. NOTES: Highly variable in color - from white through blue to lavender all in the same patch. A dreded cousin is Yellow Star-thistle, Centaurea solstitialis. |
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