Cyanus segetum Hill
Detail
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Botanical Name
- Cyanus segetum Hill
- Common Name
- Cornflower, Bachelor's-buttons
- Synonym(s)
- Centaurea cyanus L.
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Cyanus segetum Hill
- Comments
- This taxon has long been known as Centaurea cyanus but has now been transferred to the genus Cyanus. Greuter et al. (2001, Taxon 50: 1201-1205) summarized all the molecular studies of Centaurea s.l. to date, examined options for maintaining monophyletic units, and recognized Cyanus (a distinct clade in analyses) as a separate genus based on phylogeny, morphology, and pollen data.
- Habitat
- Fields and roadsides. Frequent (sometimes locally common) in the Coastal Plain and Piedmont; infrequent in the mountains.
- Native Status
- Introduced
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