Wildflowers Found in Oregon

Bachelor's Button (Cornflower)

Centaurea cyanus - Stems erect, slightly hairy, loosely branching. Leaves linear, 1-4 in., lightly coated with gray hairs, entire or lightly lobed. Flower heads bright blue, pink, purple, or white; cup 1/4-1/2 in. high, bell-shaped, with green phyllaries, not spiny. Outer disk flowers are enlarged to form a petal-like fringe. Grows in grasslands, open woods, below 7000 ft. Native to southern Europe, sometimes used in wildflower mixes along roads or in parks, spreading by seed and considered a noxious weed. Nonnative.