Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-    Plate No. 77

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-COMMON_NAMES-Greater Blue-bottle, Knapweed,
Star Thistle, Perennial Cornflower
-GENUS-Centaurea
-SPECIES-Centaurea montana
-CLASS-Syngenesia
-ORDER-Polygamia Frustranea
-AUTHORITY-Linnaeus

-MODERN_GENUS-Centaurea
-MODERN_SPECIES-Centaurea montana
-MODERN_FAMILY-Compositae

-PLANT_TYPE-perennial
-COLOR-violet or blue
-SEASON-early summer
-NATIVE_REGION-mts of Europe
-ZONE-3

-SOURCE-The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME-3
-PUB_DATE-1789
-REISSUED-1797
-EDITOR-William Curtis
-ARTIST-S. Edwards
-NALPCD-Disc 0644 IMG0071.PCD