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Centaurea montana 'Alba'

 
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Centaurea montana 'Alba' - y benlas luosflwydd, white perennial cornflower
Image: Moore, Dawn - NBGW
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Common name: y benlas luosflwydd, white perennial cornflower
Family: Asteraceae
Distribution: Gardd/Garden
Hardiness: (H7) Very hardy. < -20°C (USDA 6a-1)
Life form: Perennial plant • Planhigyn lluosflwydd
Geirdarddiad / Etymology: Centaurea (sen-tore-EE-uh): From the Latin word for centaur, a half man/half horse creature from Greek mythology, and probably refers in particular to Chiron, a centaur famed for his knowledge of the medicinal uses of plants.
Chiron was cured with this plant of Hercules’ arrow wound in the hoof.
Geirdarddiad / Etymology: montana (MON-tah-nuh): Of mountains.
Description: A vigorous rhizomatous perennial forming a mat of undivided grey-green leaves, and woolly stems bearing white flower-heads, often tinged pink, in late spring and early summer.
Links: Royal Horticultural Society

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