Centaurea cyanus

Centaurea cyanus

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Centaurea cyanus L.
Engl.: cornflower, garden cornflower, bachelor's buttons, blue cap, blue poppy, bluebonnets, bluebottle, bluebow, hurtsickle.
Deu.: Echte Kornblume, Kornblume.
Fran.: centaurée bleuet, barbeau, barbeau bleu, bleuet, casse lunette, centaurée bleue, centaurée bluet.
Sven.: blåklint, blågubbar, blåklätt.
Suom.: ruiskaunokki, ruiskukka.
Bot. syn.: Cyanus segetum Hill, Leucacantha cyanus (L.) Nieuwl. & Lunell.

052. Centaurea cyanus. Blåklint.

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052. Centaurea cyanus. Gamla texter: Svensk Botanik, band 1, 1815. Text Conrad Quensel, illustration J. W. Palmstruch.

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