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  2. Centaurea cyanus - Wikipedia

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    Centaurea cyanus Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Clade: Asterids Order: Asterales Family: Asteraceae Genus: Centaurea Species: C. cyanus Binomial name Centaurea cyanus L. Centaurea cyanus (introduced species) near Peshastin, Chelan County, Washington Centaurea cyanus, commonly known as cornflower or bachelor's button, is an ...

  3. Blue flower - Wikipedia

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    Centaurea cyanus, common in the native lands of Novalis. A blue flower (German: Blaue Blume) was a central symbol of inspiration for the Romanticism movement, and remains an enduring motif in Western art today. [1] It stands for desire, love, and the metaphysical striving for the infinite and unreachable. It symbolizes hope and the beauty of ...

  4. Centaurea - Wikipedia

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    Centaurea (/ ˌ s ɛ n t ɔː ˈ r iː ə /) [1] is a genus of over 700 species of herbaceous thistle-like flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.Members of the genus are found only north of the equator, mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere; the Middle East and surrounding regions are particularly species-rich.

  5. Chicory - Wikipedia

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    It was also used in the UK during World War II, where Camp Coffee, a coffee and chicory essence, has been on sale since 1885. [67] In the U.S., chicory root has long been used as a coffee substitute in prisons. [68] By the 1840s, the port of New Orleans was the second-largest importer of coffee (after New York). [66]

  6. List of Centaurea species - Wikipedia

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    Centaurea dumanii (Dinç, A.Duran & Bilgili) Dinç & Doğu; Centaurea dumulosa Boiss. Centaurea dursunbeyensis Uysal & Köse; Centaurea ebenoides Heldr. ex S.Moore; Centaurea × eclipsislunae Mateo & M.B.Crespo; Centaurea edith-mariae Radić; Centaurea eflanensis (Kaya & Bancheva) Şirin & Ertuğrul; Centaurea elazigensis Kaya & Vural ...

  7. List of Northern American nectar sources for honey bees

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    A honey bee collecting nectar from an apricot flower.. The nectar resource in a given area depends on the kinds of flowering plants present and their blooming periods. Which kinds grow in an area depends on soil texture, soil pH, soil drainage, daily maximum and minimum temperatures, precipitation, extreme minimum winter temperature, and growing degre

  8. Protocyanin - Wikipedia

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    Protocyanin is an anthocyanin pigment that is responsible for the red colouration of roses, but in cornflowers is blue. The pigment was first isolated in 1913 from the blue cornflower (Centaurea cyanus), [1] and the identical pigment was isolated from a red rose in 1915. [2]

  9. Cyanus - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... The plant genus Cyanus is nowadays included in Centaurea. Cyanus; Scientific classification; Domain: ...