Re: Centaurea

* La Puce wrote, On 30/05/2007 19:43:
On 30 May, 18:29, Serena Blanchflower <nos...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Beside calling this flower Centaurea (which I've always done or called
it Bleuet des champs) what do you call it?
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I've always known it as Cornflower.

You see I'm very confused. There's Cornflower known as centaurea
cyanus, which has closed petals (my wedding flower) and there's the
Common Knapweed called centaurea nigra. There's also the Centaurea
nemoralis which almost look like a dandelions's head but in blue. I'm
asking this because I've always had to argue about the cornflower
known as centaurea cyanus and the C. nigra being the one being
confused with the former. God, I hope it makes sense. Different name
for different places I suppose. Now what would you call this:

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More often than not, I've also heard that one called cornflower but also knapweed. If it was important to make it clear which one I meant, I'd probably use its proper name.

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Cheers, Serena
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