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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Stolons and runners
Pollinators: Self
Moths and Butterflies
Flies
Bees
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Mountain Cornflower
  • Mountain Bluet
  • Perennial Cornflower
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Centaurea montana
  • Synonym: Cyanus montanus

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Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2016-07-11
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2017-05-20

Date: 2013-06-19
Northwest N.J.
Location: Schwartz's Greenhouse, Romulus, MI
Date: 2013-05-15
Location: Schwartz's Greenhouse, Romulus, MI
Date: 2013-05-15
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2015-06-09
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aspenhill On October 25, 2013 Obtained plant
Dutch Plant Farm - qty 1
chelle On November 5, 2014 Transplanted
Rock garden area, N side of S stepping stones, center.
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