Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus: Cyanus// Species: Cyanus segetum Hill.
Determined according to the botanical key provided by Dostál (1976 in Tutin et al.) as Centaurea cyanus L. The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase (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).
Locality: village of Pantelej region. Date: 23.05.2021.
Locality: village of Beli. Date: 06.06.2020.
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, Compositae. Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/. https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/db14424b-b2db-4b35-a76f-177b5d5be984 [Accessed 04.04.2026].
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].
Dostál, J. 1976. Centaurea L. In Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. (eds.), Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 254–301.
Last update: 04.04.2026.