Purple spider shaped flower plant? in the Plant ID forum

Kvent42

Jun 14, 2016 11:40 AM CST

Thread OP

Zone 5, Northern Illinois

Stole plants from my sister's garden.

Need ID so I can plant them.

| @Kvent42 | Post #1182408 (1)

kniphofia

Jun 14, 2016 11:53 AM CST

Name: Sue Taylor
Northumberland, UK

Cornflower, Centaurea.

| @kniphofia | Post #1182421 (2)

DaisyI

Jun 14, 2016 11:55 AM CST

Name: Daisy I
Reno, Nv (Zone 6b)
Not all who wander are lost

Its a type of Bachelor Button.

http://www.wiseacre-gardens.co...

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| @DaisyI | Post #1182422 (3)

DaisyI

Jun 14, 2016 11:56 AM CST

Name: Daisy I
Reno, Nv (Zone 6b)
Not all who wander are lost

Sue and I gave you three names for the same plant.

Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost

President: Orchid Society of Northern Nevada
Webmaster: osnnv.org

| @DaisyI | Post #1182424 (4)

JRsbugs

Jun 14, 2016 12:54 PM CST

Name: Janet Super Sleuth
Near Lincoln UK

Centaurea montana .. one I have, bees like it. It's perennial and will set around a little if happy.

https://www.google.co.uk/searc...

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| @JRsbugs | Post #1182467 (5)

plantladylin

Jun 14, 2016 6:09 PM CST

Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

I agree, looks like Mountain Cornflower (Centaurea montana)

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| @plantladylin | Post #1182800 (6)

JRsbugs

Jun 14, 2016 6:20 PM CST

Name: Janet Super Sleuth
Near Lincoln UK

They will keep changing names ..

Centaurea montana L. is a synonym of Cyanus montanus (L.) Hill

http://www.theplantlist.org/tp...

And a synonym of others ..

http://www.theplantlist.org/tp...

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| @JRsbugs | Post #1182819 (7)

ctcarol

Jun 14, 2016 6:35 PM CST

Name: Carol
Santa Ana, ca
Sunset zone 22, USDA zone 10 A.

LOL! Since the science of genetics has developed, the boffins keep all of the rest totally confused. I would imagine KEW has people working full time just to keep up with the changes.

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JRsbugs

Jun 14, 2016 7:07 PM CST

Name: Janet Super Sleuth
Near Lincoln UK

Plant correctness is catching up with Political correctness.

In the olden days when plants were named, all they had to go on was features. Now we have DNA.

If they start to check our DNA against animals, they might find we are one and the same.

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| @JRsbugs | Post #1182885 (9)

ctcarol

Jun 14, 2016 7:38 PM CST

Name: Carol
Santa Ana, ca
Sunset zone 22, USDA zone 10 A.

Well, Darwin told us we were close to the Apes years ago ...without DNA.

I'm just sorry for the commercial plant growers that can't keep up. Can you imagine the thousands of tags/ records ...the customers asking for different names for the same plant?