PERENNIAL CORNFLOWER
Centaurea montana
Daisy & Dandelion Family [Asteraceae] 
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| 3rd May 2011, Padley, Derbyshire. | Photo: © RWD |
| A frequent garden escape. |
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| 3rd May 2011, Padley, Derbyshire. | Photo: © RWD |
| Clump forming, medium height, with large steel-blue flowers. |
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| 3rd May 2011, Padley, Derbyshire. | Photo: © RWD |
| Flowers always rayed. Leaves lanceolate, slightly hairy. |
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| 3rd May 2011, Padley, Derbyshire. | Photo: © RWD |
| Deeply cut steel-blue outer ray-florets, and splayed-out inner mauve/purple disc florets. A much larger flower than Cornflower. |
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| 3rd May 2011, Padley, Derbyshire. | Photo: © RWD |
| The outer ray-florets are infertile and much more deeply cut than Cornflower. |
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| 27th May 2005, Chinley, Derbyshire. | Photo: © RWD |
| A deeper-coloured version. |
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| 7th June 1005, Southport, Lancs. | Photo: © RWD |
| A deep-purple coloured garden variety. |
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| 3rd May 2011, Padley, Derbyshire. | Photo: © RWD |
| The indigo-coloured stamens are long and may curve inwards. |
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| 3rd May 2011, Padley, Derbyshire. | Photo: © RWD |
| The leaves are felty hairy. |
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| 3rd May 2011, Baslow, Derbyshire. | Photo: © RWD |
The leaves run down the stem after joining, similar to the leaves of Common Comfreyand some other Comfreys. |
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| 14th April 2011, The Navigation, Wakefield. | Photo: © RWD |
| Many garden varieties have much deeper-blue to indigo ray-florets, and stamens almost black. |
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| 14th April 2011, The Navigation, Wakefield. | Photo: © RWD |
| Stamens long, curved inwards and indigo to nearly black, with white pollen atop. |
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| 14th April 2011, The Navigation, Wakefield. | Photo: © RWD |
| Flower bud. The phyllaries are sea-green with brown edges and fine teeth. Stems felty hairy. |
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Not to be semantically confused with: Common Centaury (Centaurium erythraea) nor with similar Centauries such as Seaside Centaury (Centaurium littorale) [plants whose scientific names are similar, but which are in a totally different Family altogether, the Gentian Family (Gentianaceae)].
Not to be confused with : Many similarities to : Cornflower, but that is an annual whereas Perennial Cornflower is not. Perennial Cornflower is a lot larger, with outer ray-florets that are longer and which not flare-out as wide, are more deeply cut into five long and narrow strips rather than triangular as in Cornflower. Uniquely identifiable characteristics Distinguishing Feature :
No relation to : Corn Marigold, Corn Sow-thistle, Corn Chamomile, Corn Spurrey, Corn Mint, Corncockle nor
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