Common Name: Bachelor's Button, Cornflower

Scientific Name: Centaurea cyanus

Family Name: Asteraceae

Frontage Road, off Interstate 26

Spartanburg County, South Carolina

April 11, 2002

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Narrow, gray-green leaves, 2-3 inches long. Flower heads 1 to 1-1/2 inches across, blue, pink, rose, wine red, or white. Blue forms are traditional favorites for boutonnieres. April - May [Bender, Steve, Southern Living Garden Book, The. Oxmoor House, Inc., Book Division of Southern Progress Corporation, Birmingham, 1998]

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