Cornflower
The cornflower (Centaurea cyanus) is also called bachelor's button, or basket flower. It is an annual flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It originated in Europe, but has been taken to many other places like Australia. It bears flowers once a year.
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It is grown as an ornamental plant in gardens. Several cultivars have been selected with varying pastel colours, including pink and purple. The flower gives its name to the characteristic blue colour.
Cornflower Media
Flowering shoot of cornflower. I. Disk-floret in vertical section
Bachelor's button, Basket flower, Boutonniere flower, Cornflower - 3
A honey bee on a cornflower
Raw cornflower petals used as a dessert decoration ingredient on strawberry ice cream
Cornflower pictured in the coat of arms of Keila
Logo of the Conservative People's Party of Estonia
Vincent van Gogh, Wheat Field with Cornflowers, 1890.
Isaac Levitan, Cornflowers, 1894.
Igor Grabar, Group Portrait with Cornflowers, 1914.
Sergei Osipov, Cornflowers, 1976.
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