Centaurea includes annuals, perennials, and subshrubs, characterized by simple or pinnately lobed foliage and prominent flower heads resembling thistles, frequently featuring enlarged outer florets.

Centaurea lactifolia

Centaurea leucophylla

Centaurea macrocephala is a robust perennial that forms dense clumps, featuring either simple or lobed foliage. In summer, it produces yellow flower heads measuring around 5 cm in diameter, emerging from brown buds.

Centaurea macrocephala

Centaurea maculosa

Centaurea margaritacea

Centaurea marschalliana

Centaurea melitensis

Centaurea micrantha

Centaurea microptilon

Centaurea mollis

Centaurea montana is a perennial plant that forms dense mats and typically reaches a height of approximately 45 cm. It features simple or lobed leaves that are hairy on the underside. From late spring through summer, it produces blue flower heads that measure around 5 cm in diameter, each with a reddish center.

Centaurea montana

Centaurea montana 'Alba' is a rhizomatous perennial that reaches a height of approximately 45 cm. It develops a dense mat of unbranched, grey-green foliage and features woolly stems that support white flower heads, which may show a slight pink hue. This plant typically blooms in late spring and early summer.

Centaurea montana 'Alba'

Centaurea montana 'Amethyst Dream' PBR is a herbaceous perennial that spreads gracefully, featuring grey-green leaves adorned with fine silvery hairs. In late spring and early summer, vibrant purple flowers emerge from scaly buds, resembling thistles.

Centaurea montana 'Amethyst Dream'PBR

This herbaceous perennial spreads through a network of grey-green leaves that are adorned with fine silvery hairs. In late spring and early summer, it produces thistle-like blooms that are white with purple centers, emerging from scaly buds.

Centaurea montana 'Amethyst in Snow'

Centaurea montana 'Black Sprite' is a clump-forming perennial that typically reaches a height of about 45 cm when in bloom. It has a spreading growth pattern and features simple, downy green foliage. This plant produces flowers from late spring into summer, with slender stems supporting buds surrounded by layered bracts. When these buds open, they reveal large, dark reddish-purple blooms, characterized by a ring of delicate outer florets encircling a cluster of nearly black central flowers.

Centaurea montana 'Black Sprite'

Centaurea montana 'Blewit'

Centaurea montana 'Carnea' is a perennial that grows in clumps, reaching approximately 45 cm in height when in bloom. It features a spreading growth pattern and has simple, downy green foliage. This plant flowers from late spring to mid-summer, producing slender stems topped with buds protected by overlapping bracts. As the bracts open, they reveal large pale pink blooms, characterized by a circle of prominent outer florets encircling a cluster of small flowers adorned with deep purple stamens at the center.

Centaurea montana 'Carnea'

Centaurea montana 'Coerulea'

Centaurea montana 'Crinita'

Centaurea montana 'Elworthy Glacier'

Centaurea montana 'Gold Bullion' is a robust perennial that reaches approximately 50 cm in height when in bloom. It features a spreading growth pattern and has soft, yellow-green foliage. This plant blooms from late spring into summer, producing slender stems topped with buds surrounded by layered bracts. When the buds open, they reveal large flowers characterized by a circle of delicate blue outer florets encircling a cluster of small, deep reddish-purple central flowers.

Centaurea montana 'Gold Bullion'

Centaurea montana 'Gold Strike'

Centaurea montana 'Grandiflora'

Centaurea montana 'Horwood Gold'

Centaurea montana 'Joyce' is a perennial that develops into a compact clump. Its foliage consists of simple or lobed leaves, which have a hairy texture on the underside. From late spring through summer, it produces flower heads measuring 5 cm in diameter, featuring light purple-pink petals that deepen in color towards the center.

Centaurea montana 'Joyce'

Centaurea montana 'Lady Flora Hastings'

Centaurea montana 'Lavender Mist' is a perennial that typically reaches a height of approximately 45 cm when in bloom, exhibiting a spreading growth pattern complemented by simple, soft green foliage. It produces flowers from late spring through mid-summer. The slender stems support buds wrapped in overlapping bracts, which unfold into large flowers. Each bloom features a ring of white outer florets encircling a cluster of deep purple inner flowers.

Centaurea montana 'Lavender Mist'

Centaurea montana 'Lilac Heart'

Centaurea montana 'Ochroleuca'

Centaurea montana 'Parham' is a perennial that forms clumps reaching about 60 cm in height when in bloom. It exhibits a spreading growth pattern and features simple, downy green foliage. This plant blooms from early to mid-summer, producing slender stems that support buds wrapped in overlapping bracts. The flowers are large and prominent, displaying a ring of lavender-blue outer florets encircling a cluster of small white flowers tipped with purple.

Centaurea montana 'Parham'

Centaurea montana 'Purple Heart' is a resilient, rhizomatous perennial that develops a compact mound of lance-shaped, grey-green foliage, characterized by a hairy underside and occasional toothed or lobed edges. From late spring through summer, it produces white flowers featuring a prominent purple center.

Centaurea montana 'Purple Heart'

Centaurea montana 'Purple Prose' is a perennial that forms clumps reaching approximately 45 cm in height during its flowering phase. It features a spreading growth habit alongside smooth, downy green foliage. This plant blooms from early to mid-summer, producing slender stems topped with buds surrounded by overlapping bracts. As the buds open, they reveal large flowers characterized by a circle of dark purple outer florets that encircle smaller reddish-purple central flowers.

Centaurea montana 'Purple Prose'

Centaurea montana 'Purpurea'

Centaurea montana 'Sky Jep'

Centaurea montana 'Violacea'

Centaurea montana 'Violetta'

Centaurea montana Tini's Pink ('Tp2022')

Centaurea montana lilac-flowered

Centaurea montana pale pink-flowered

Centaurea montana purple-flowered

Centaurea mucronifera

Centaurea nana

Centaurea nervosa

Centaurea nicaeensis

Centaurea niederi

Centaurea nigra is a perennial plant native to grasslands, typically growing between 75 and 90 centimeters in height. It features simple or pinnately lobed foliage and produces thistle-like flower heads that can reach up to 4 centimeters in diameter, characterized by prominent dark bracts.

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