Centaurea cineraria

Centaurea cineraria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Centaurea
Species:
C. cineraria
Binomial name
Centaurea cineraria
Synonyms
  • Acosta cineraria (L.) Holub[1]
  • Centaurea candidissima Lam.[2]
  • Centaurea cinerea Lam.
  • Centaurea elegans Salisb.[3]
  • Centaurea cinerea subsp. cinerea

Centaurea cineraria, the velvet centaurea, also known as dusty miller and silver dust (though these latter two names may also apply to Jacobaea maritima and Silene coronaria), is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae endemic to southern Italy.[4][5] In natural settings, it grows on coastal cliffs, ranging from 0–350 m above sea level,[5] hence the plant's Italian name, fiordaliso delle scogliere (lit. "cliff cornflower").[5] Mature plants may reach 80 centimetres (31.5 in) in height.[4] The species produces purple flowers.[6][4][5]

Centaurea cineraria is taxonomically complicated, with several described subspecies and significant geographic variation.[4][7][8] Members of the C. cineraria group have variously been treated as full species, as subspecies, or simply as regional variations.[4][7][8][5]

  1. ^ Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem. "Details for: Centaurea cineraria". Euro+Med PlantBase. Freie Universität Berlin. Retrieved 2008-03-03.
  2. ^ "Centaurea cineraria". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2008-03-03.
  3. ^ All. Fl. Pedem. 1: 163 1785
  4. ^ a b c d e Flora Europaea: Volume 4: Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae). Cambridge University Press. 1976. p. 270. ISBN 978-0521087179.
  5. ^ a b c d e Hind, Nicholas; Hashi, Mayumi; Brown, Andrew (March 2022). "1009. CENTAUREA CINERARIA: Compositae". Curtis's Botanical Magazine. 39 (1): 35–54. doi:10.1111/curt.12431. ISSN 1355-4905. S2CID 246185912.
  6. ^ "Centaurea in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  7. ^ a b Domina, Gianniantonio; Greuter, Werner; Raimondo, Francesco M. (2017-07-17). "A taxonomic reassessment of the Centaurea busambarensis complex (Compositae, Cardueae), with description of a new species from the Egadi Islands (W Sicily)". Israel Journal of Plant Sciences. 64 (1–2): 48–56. doi:10.1080/07929978.2016.1257146 (inactive 1 November 2024). ISSN 0792-9978.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)
  8. ^ a b Guarino, C.; Salerno, G.; Cipriani, G. (2013-12-01). "Effects of fragmentation phenomena on the genetic structure and gene flow in Centaurea cineraria group (Asteraceae) in the Mediterranean Basin". Plant Biosystems. 147 (4): 996–1005. Bibcode:2013PBios.147..996G. doi:10.1080/11263504.2013.855276. ISSN 1126-3504. S2CID 83843344.