Centaurea montana L.

Bleuet des montagnes (fr), Centaurée des montagnes (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Centaurea

Characteristics

Pending. See Richardson (2016: 143), Ohlsen (2015).
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread anemochory
Mature width (meter) 0.75 - 1.0
Mature height (meter) 0.45 - 0.5
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Mountain woodland margins and meadows.
Light 5-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 3-7

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Astringent (unspecified), Collyrium (unspecified), Cyanogenetic (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Stimulant (unspecified), Emmenagogue (unspecified), Pectoral (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 7 - 14
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
Germination luminosity dark
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -40
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Centaurea montana habit picture by Mitchell DeBlase (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Centaurea montana leaf picture by Christine Couturier (cc-by-sa)
Centaurea montana leaf picture by Jérôme BERTHAUD (cc-by-sa)
Centaurea montana leaf picture by bounan (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Centaurea montana flower picture by Bel Cairns (cc-by-sa)
Centaurea montana flower picture by Claudia R (cc-by-sa)
Centaurea montana flower picture by Bobbie Henderson (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Centaurea montana world distribution map, present in Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, Estonia, Finland, France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Croatia, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russian Federation, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:191037-1
WFO ID wfo-0000132430
COL ID S6ZL
BDTFX ID 15298
INPN ID 89647
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Centaurea serrata Cyanus montanus Centaurea caucasica Setachna montana Jacea alata Cyanus angustifolius Centaurea chlorantha Centaurea carpathica Centaurea angustifolia Centaurea montana var. pradensis Centaurea montana