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Taxon:  Centaurea cyanus L.



Summary
Genus:
Centaurea
Family:
Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Subfamily:
Carduoideae
Tribe:
Cardueae
Subtribe:
Centaureinae
Nomen number:
9817
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:911. 1753
Verified:
03/01/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cyanus segetum Hill
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Reference(s)
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Common names
English
bachelor's-button –
blaver –
blue bottle –
bluebonnets –
blue-poppy –
brushes –
cornflower –
corn-pinks –
hurtsickle –
thimbles –
witch's-bells –
English (Canada)
cornflower –
French
barbeau –
bleuet –
casse lunette –
centaurée bleuet –
French (Canada)
centaurée bleuet –
German
Kornblume –
Swedish
blåklint –
Transcribed Chinese
shi che ju –
Transliterated Russian
vasiljok posevnoj –
vasiljok sinij –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian Federation-CiscaucasiaCiscaucasia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq n.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeBelarus  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeEstonia  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeLatvia  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeLithuania  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeMoldova  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeBelgium  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeCzech Republic  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeFinland  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBosnia and Herzegovina  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly incl. Sardinia, Sicily
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeMontenegro  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeNorth Macedonia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSerbia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSlovenia  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain incl. Baleares
2Cultivated    also cult.
3AdventiveAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
3AdventiveAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
3AdventiveAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
3AdventiveAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
3AdventiveAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Wales 
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth Africa  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateChinaChinaQinghai Sheng 
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu 
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKyrgyzstan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTajikistan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTurkmenistan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateRussian Far EastRussian FederationAmur 
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateRussian Far EastRussian FederationPrimorye 
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian Federation-Eastern SiberiaEastern Siberia 
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian Federation-Western SiberiaWestern Siberia 
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaUttar Pradesh 
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan n.
4NaturalizedAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand  
4NaturalizedEuropeEastern EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean part 
4NaturalizedEuropeEastern EuropeUkraine incl. Krym
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeNetherlands  
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropePoland  
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeSlovakia  
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  
4NaturalizedEuropeNorthern EuropeNorway  
4NaturalizedEuropeNorthern EuropeSweden  
4NaturalizedEuropeNorthern EuropeUnited Kingdom  
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreeceCrete 
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
4NaturalizedNorthern America Canada  
4NaturalizedNorthern America United States  
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSubarctic AmericaGreenland  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChile  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorPichincha 
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Iraq (n.), Turkey
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Finland
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Croatia, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (incl. Baleares), France, Portugal
Cultivated (also cult.)
Adventive
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Lebanon
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales]
Naturalized
Africa
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa
Asia-Temperate
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia], Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia [Eastern Siberia]
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  • RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation [Amur, Primorye]
  • CHINA: China [Qinghai Sheng, Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Uttar Pradesh], Pakistan (n.)
Australasia
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part], Ukraine (incl. Krym)
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Greece [Crete], Romania
Northern America
  • SUBARCTIC AMERICA: Greenland
  • REGION: Canada, United States
Southern America
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Ecuador [Pichincha]
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Chile
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Bee plantshoney production Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
Environmentalornamentalfor dryingHuxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Weedpotential seed contaminantfide Geigy Weed Tables. 1968CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. 1974. The CIBA-GEIGY Weed Tables
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=9817. Accessed 2 May 2025.