Centaurea bella

Centaurea bella
The gray-green to silvery tomentose leaves of Centaurea bella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Cynareae
Genus: Centaurea
Species: C. bella
Binomial name
Centaurea bella
Trautv. 1866 [1]
Synonyms

Psephellus bellus [2]

Centaurea bella is a species of Centaurea found in Anatolia and Transcaucasia.[3] It is an evergreen plant, with gray-green to silvery imparipinnate leaves showing elliptic to ovate leaflets. It is used in gardening because the creeping stems can root in contact to the ground, and the plant grows slowly into a dense cover.[4] The flowers are purplish pink and bloom from March to June.

References

  1. Centaurea bella Trautv. Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Petersb. x. (1866) 394.
  2. Psephellus bellus (Trautv.) Wagenitz Willdenowia (2000) 30(1): 36.
  3. Wagenitz, Gerhard; Hellwig, Frank H. "The genus Psephellus Cass. (Compositae, Cardueae) revisited with a broadened concept". Willdenowia. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin (BGBM). 30 (1): 29–44. doi:10.3372/wi.30.30102.
  4. Filippi, Olivier (2007). Pour un jardin sans arrosage (For a garden without irrigation). Arles: Actes Sud. p. 207. ISBN 978-2-7427-6730-4.
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