General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Stolons and runners

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

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