# ID this flower

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 6, 2012, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-flower/624223 "2012-06-06T00:28:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-flower/624223/1 "2012-06-06T00:28:00Z")

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Does anyone know the name of [this flower](http://www.flickr.com/photos/46138173@N08/7343356982/)? I can’t remember what it is. It’s about a foot high.

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**Author:** ![Troppus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Troppus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troppus)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-flower/624223/2 "2012-06-06T00:46:15Z")

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Cornflower, or bachelor’s button

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-flower/624223/3 "2012-06-06T01:01:50Z")

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Specifically _[Centaurea montana](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaurea_montana)_, or perennial cornflower. There’s an annual version as well.

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**Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-flower/624223/4 "2012-06-06T01:49:23Z")

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> [@Troppus](#):
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> Cornflower, or bachelor’s button

> [@twickster](#):
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> Specifically _[Centaurea montana](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaurea_montana)_, or perennial cornflower. There’s an annual version as well.

Thank you!

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**Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-flower/624223/5 "2012-06-06T01:56:50Z")

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If those violets in the background get too weedy, you can cook the leaves and eat them like spinach.

Come to think of it, Centaurea montana can also get too rambunctious in the garden, although it is better behaved than Tony Montana.