Irish wildflowers
Photographs: Aughinish, Co. Limerick |
Cornflower Centaurea cyanus Gormán Family: Asteraceae Flowering May-October. Annual. Garden escape. Introduced. The outer florets are usually bright blue, inner florets purple-blue but flowers can also be pinkish, mauve or pale blue. Narrow grey-green leaves, the lower leaves stalked and pinnately lobed. Stiff grooved stems with greyish hairs. To 60cm. Previously a common arable weed but now found as a garden escape or discard on roadsides and waste ground. Often part of 'wildflower' mixtures |
Cornflower, Centaurea cyanus, Gormán
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