Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Centaurea cyanus L.

Origin: introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Leucacantha cyanus (L.) Nieuwl. & Lunell

Common names:

Bachelor's-buttons [Bachelor's button, Bachelors-button, Batchelor's buttons, Bachelor's-button] (1894-1986) (4 3, 5, 106, 109, 114, 156, 157, 158)

Barbeau (1896-1923, French, LA, for M. Barbeau who brought it from France) (5, 76, 156, 158)

Blaver (1900?-1929?) (5, 156, 157, 158)

Blawort (1900?-1929) (157, 158)

Blue centaury (1876) (92)

Blue poppy (1900?-1923) (5, 156, 158)

Blueblow [Blue-blow] (1900?-1929) (157, 158)

Blue-bonnets [Blue bonnets] (1876-1929?) (5, 92, 157, 158)

Bluebottle [Blue bottle, Blue-bottle, Blue bottles] (1818-1949) (5, 7, 10, 14, 19, 92, 93, 106, 109, 114, 131, 156, 157, 158)

Bluecaps [Blue caps, Blue-caps] (1900?-1929?) (5, 156, 157, 158)

Bluet (1930) (106)

Bluet (1900?, French) (158)

Break-your-spectacles (1900?-1929?) (157, 158)

Brushed (1913) (5)

Brushes (1900?-1929?) (156, 157, 158)

Casse-lunette (1900?, French) (158)

Common cornflower (1930) (106)

Corn bluebottle [Corn blue-bottle] (1900?-1929?) (5, 156, 157, 158)

Corn centaury (1900?-1929?) (5, 156, 157, 158)

Cornbinks [Corn binks, Corn-binks] (1900?-1929?) (5, 156, 157, 158)

Cornbottle [Corn bottles, Corn-bottle] (1900?-1929?, misapplied) (5, 156, 157, 158)

Cornflower [Corn flower, Corn-flower] (1899-1986) (4, 5, 82, 85, 93, 97, 109, 131, 138, 155, 156, 157, 158)

French pink (1896-1929?) (5, 76, 156, 157, 158)

Garden cornflower (Present) (50)

Hurt-sickle [Hurtsickle, Hurt sickle] (1900?-1929?) (5, 156, 157, 158)

Knapweed (1900?-1929?, misapplied) (157, 158)

Kornblume (1900?, German) (158)

Ragged robin (1896) (76)

Ragged sailor (1930) (106)

Witches'-bells [Witches' bells, Witches bells] (1900?-1929?) (5, 156, 157, 158)

Witches'-thimbles [Witches'thimbles, Witches thimbles] (1900?-1929?) (5, 156, 157, 158)