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	Centaurea montana  L.

Fam.: Asteraceae / Composite Fam.

Synon.:  Cyanus montanus  HILL

Genus:  Centaurea  L.,  Cyanus  MILL.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	HILL:		John Hill (1716 - 1775), English botanist
	MILL.:		Philip Miller (1691 - 1771), English gardener

Etymology:
	Centaurea:		Greek plant name, from the centaur Chiron
	montana:		growing in mountain
	Cyanus:		dark blue

Fig. 1:  Centaurea montana / Perennial Cornflower A Hinterhornbach 16.7.1987

Fig. 2:  Centaurea montana / Perennial Cornflower A Hinterhornbach 16.7.1987

Fig. 3:  Centaurea montana / Perennial Cornflower A Trenchtling 6.7.2024

Fig. 4:  Centaurea montana / Perennial Cornflower A Trenchtling 6.7.2024

Fig. 5:  Centaurea montana / Perennial Cornflower D Irndorfer Hardt 8.7.2014

Fig. 6:  Centaurea montana / Perennial Cornflower D Irndorfer Hardt 8.7.2014

Fig. 7:  Centaurea montana / Perennial Cornflower D Irndorfer Hardt 8.7.2014

Fig. 8:  Centaurea montana / Perennial Cornflower D Irndorfer Hardt 8.7.2014

Fig. 9:  Centaurea montana / Perennial Cornflower F Vosges, Grand Ballon 18.6.2019

Fig. 10:  Centaurea montana / Perennial Cornflower F Vosges, Grand Ballon 18.6.2019

Fig. 11:  Centaurea montana / Perennial Cornflower F Col de l'Allimas 17.5.2007

Fig. 12:  Centaurea montana / Perennial Cornflower F Col de l'Allimas 17.5.2007

Fig. 13:  Centaurea montana / Perennial Cornflower F Col de l'Allimas 17.5.2007

Fig. 14:  Centaurea montana / Perennial Cornflower I Norcia 7.6.2007

Fig. 15:  Centaurea montana / Perennial Cornflower I Norcia 7.6.2007

Fig. 16:  Centaurea montana / Perennial Cornflower A Pusterwald, Eiskar 1.7.2019

Fig. 17:  Centaurea montana / Perennial Cornflower Croatia, Karlobag 3.6.2008

Fig. 18:  Centaurea montana / Perennial Cornflower Croatia, Karlobag 3.6.2008

Fig. 19:  Centaurea montana / Perennial Cornflower D Mannheim 2.5.2022

Fig. 20:  Centaurea montana / Perennial Cornflower D Mannheim 2.5.2022

Fig. 21:  Centaurea montana / Perennial Cornflower D Mannheim 2.5.2022

Fig. 22:  Centaurea montana / Perennial Cornflower D Mannheim 2.5.2022

Fig. 23:  Centaurea montana / Perennial Cornflower D Mannheim 7.3.2022

Fig. 24:  Centaurea montana / Perennial Cornflower D Mannheim 7.3.2022

Fig. 25:  Centaurea montana / Perennial Cornflower (leaf bottom side) D Mannheim 7.3.2022

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