Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus: Cyanus// Species: Cyanus segetum Hill.
Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 4 (Tutin et al., 1976) as Centaurea cyanus L. The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Greuter, 2006+) is Cyanus segetum Hill.
Lifeform: Annual; therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native to Southeast Europe, Central and Eastern Mediterranean according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Habitat: Open habitats- grasslands, ruderal areas, near orchards, cultivated land, roadsides.
Flowering period: Late spring- early summer: MAY, JUN.
References:
Centaurea cyanus L. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:190310-1 [Accessed 30.01.2022].
Cyanus segetum. Greuter, W. (2006+): Compositae (pro parte majore). – In: Greuter, W. & Raab-Straube, E. von (ed.): Compositae. Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=120153&PTRefFk=7000000 [Accessed 30.01.2022].
Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1976). Flora Europaea. Volume 4: Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Osogovo nature 