Centaurea cyanus
Family : Asteraceae
Cornflower
3/119 : Native?
There are several records for individual plants in [TA 05 26], usually associated with old railway sidings. The record for [TA 14 31] is almost certainly a garden escape.

J F Robinson 1902: " ... amongst many other alien Centaureae on the dock wastes."

Herbarium material: HLU : Hull 1936 {A K Wilson}; Hessle 1945 {A K Wilson}; Dunswell 1952 {D A Wilkins}. HLL : Hull 1934 {A K Wilson}.

R Middleton 2000

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