Centaurea cyanoides Berggr. & Wahlenb. is a plant in the Asteraceae family, order Asterales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Centaurea cyanoides Berggr. & Wahlenb. (Centaurea cyanoides Berggr. & Wahlenb.)
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Centaurea cyanoides Berggr. & Wahlenb.

Centaurea cyanoides Berggr. & Wahlenb.

Centaurea cyanoides (Syrian cornflower) is a small Middle Eastern Centaurea species similar to but smaller than European cornflower.

Family
Genus
Centaurea
Order
Asterales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Centaurea cyanoides Berggr. & Wahlenb.

Centaurea cyanoides, commonly known as the Syrian cornflower, is a species belonging to the genus Centaurea. It is native to Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria in the Middle East. This species looks similar to the European cornflower Centaurea cyanus, but Centaurea cyanoides is much smaller, with flowers only 2 to 3 centimeters wide. It grows exclusively in wild areas and does not grow in cultivated fields.

Photo: (c) Yael Orgad, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Yael Orgad · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Asterales Asteraceae Centaurea

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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