☙ Cornflower

Centaurea cyanus L. (1753).WFO

Period English: blue bottle centaury; corn-flower ◆︎;HP:FE blue-bottle ▲︎◆︎;CHW RT:LOF

Period French: barbeau-bleu m. BD

Period German: Kornblume f. ('cornflower'). JRV

Sentiments:

❦︎ DélicatesseDelicacy ◼︎ (1811); BD

 Delicacy ▲︎◆︎ (1825-1869); HP:FE TTA CHW LH S&K HGA:OT RT:LOF

❦︎ Felicity ◆︎ (1825); HP:FE

🏶︎ Du bedarfſt keines Schmuckes.You need no adornment. ⚫︎ (1880). JRV

Region:

Native: Temperate Europe.WFO

Introduced: Throughout Europe and Russia; Western Asia; Algeria; Morocco; Tunisia; Southern African Cape; Indian subcontinent; Vietnam; Jawa; Northern America; Hawaii; Central America; Western South America.WFO

Seasonality: Annual, flowers throughout spring and all summer.

Period Colours: TBC.

Heraldry: TBC.

Religious: TBC.

Cited Verse:

TBC.