Centaurea cyanus

FamilyGenus: Flockenblumennative in Germany

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Interactions

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About this species

An established archaeophyte herbaceous plant in Great Britain, bearing bright blue flower heads from June to October, growing in full sun and forming arbuscular mycorrhizal associations.

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Ecological significance

Centaurea cyanus is an established archaeophyte in Great Britain, introduced long ago and now a familiar part of the flora.

Annual cycle

This herbaceous plant blooms from June to October.

Standort & Merkmale

Light

Sonne

Moisture

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Soil

—

Flowering period

Jun – Okt

Bioregion

Continental

Growth form

Krautige Pflanze

Woodiness

Nicht verholzt

Leaf type

Breitblättrig

Morphological traits: TRY ID3 (CC BY 3.0) & TRY ID81 (CC BY)

Nectar

1.327 µl/Blüte

Pollen

4.2176 mg/Blüte

Scientific profile

Centaurea cyanus is a non-woody, broad-leaved herbaceous plant. It grows in full sun and develops arbuscular mycorrhizal relationships. Flowering takes place from June to October. In Great Britain the species is an established archaeophyte, having been introduced in ancient times.

Pollinators & visitors

101 Arten interagieren mit dieser Pflanze

Megachile versicolorPieris brassicae Bombus sylvestris Bombus lucorum Pyronia tithonus Pieris napi Vanessa atalanta Thymelicus lineola Lasioglossum morio Lycaena phlaeas Coenonympha pamphilus Lasiommata megera Argynnis paphia Lasioglossum zonulum Bombus vestalisPapilio machaonErynnis tages Fabriciana adippe Lasioglossum xanthopus Pararge aegeria Melitaea athalia Aphantopus hyperantus Speyeria aglaja Megachile ligniseca Megachile willughbiella Melanargia galathea Lasioglossum villosulumLysandra coridonAglais urticae Aricia agestis Euphydryas aurinia Colias croceus Gonepteryx rhamni Bombus muscorumAndrena flavipesBombus magnusBombus humilisBombus bohemicusBombus hortorum Bombus lapidarius Bombus pascuorum Polygonia c-album Polyommatus icarus Thymelicus sylvestris Melitta leporinaLysandra bellargusOsmia leaianaHesperia commaManiola jurtina Erebia aethiops

Other flower visitors

3 other species visit the flowers

Harmonia axyridisCoccinella septempunctataAcalymma vittatum

Sources & data origin

•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)

•Middleton-Welling_2020

•pollinator_interactions

•Baden-Böhm F, App M, Thiele J (2022) — The FloRes Database: A floral resources trait database for pollinator habitat-assessment generated by a multistep workflow. Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Dryad, DOI: 10.5061/dryad.djh9w0w29 (CC0)

•FloraWeb / BfN

•EIVE 1.0 — Dengler et al. (2023), DOI: 10.3897/VCS.98324 (CC BY 4.0)

•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)

•TRY Categorical Traits (ID3) — Kattge et al. (2012), DOI: 10.17871/TRY.3 (CC BY 3.0)

•TRY Global Spectrum (ID81) — Díaz et al. (2016/2021), DOI: 10.17871/TRY.81 (CC BY)

•Govaerts R et al. (2025) — World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) v14. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. DOI: 10.34885/xs7h-ze42 (CC BY 4.0)

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