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Centaurea cyanus L.

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Centaurea cyanus L.
Centaurea cyanus L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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Centaurea cyanus L.
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Centaurea cyanus

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cyanus

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Centaurea cyanus L.

Annual. Stems erect, ribbed, branched above, 35-100 cm tall, with sparse to dense cobwebby tomentum. Lvs not decurrent on stems, with sparse to dense cobwebby tomentum especially beneath; lower lvs linear-oblanceolate, 8-15 × 0.5-1 cm, entire or minutely and distantly dentate, or with 1-(2) pairs of short narrowly triangular lateral lobes; lamina tapering to long petiole; upper lvs simple, becoming linear, smaller. Capitula not clustered. Involucre globose to campanulate, (9)-10-15 mm diam.; outer and middle bracts ovate to lanceolate, weakly 3-(5)-veined, pubescent or with sparse cobwebby hairs; appendages erect, fimbriate, not covering bracts, membranous, not narrowed at junction with bract, decurrent to base of the bract; fimbriae 7-10-(12) each side, the distal ones black or dark brown, c. 1 mm long, the proximal ones silvery. Florets usually blue, sometimes purple, pink or white, the outer radiate. Corolla eglandular. Achenes 3-3.5 mm long, sparsely pubescent; pappus up to 2.5 mm long.

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Centaurea cyanus L.
Centaurea cyanus L.
Centaurea cyanus L.
Centaurea cyanus L.
Centaurea cyanus L.

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Centaurea cyanus L.
France
Centaurea cyanus L.
New Zealand
Centaurea cyanus L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Centaurea cyanus L.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Centaurea cyanus L.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
Centaurea cyanus L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Centaurea cyanus L.
Tonga

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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
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