Cornflower Names. The scientific name of Cornflower is the botanical name or formal name. It is an annual or biennial growing to.
The Centaurea montana flower was introduced to Britain from mainland Europes woodlands and mountain meadows sometime in the 16th Century. The cornflower gets its formal name from a minor goddess Cyanus and its genus name from a mythical Centaur whose name was Chiron. The common name of this plant in Spanish is Hortensia.
Cornflower also has several common names.
Cornflower is also called Bachelors Button Blue Cap Blue Bottle Blue poppy Blueblow Bluebonnets Boutonniere Flower Bluebottle Cornflower Cyani Flower Hurtsickle Garden Cornflower Bachelors Button Knapweed and Garden knapweed. Cornflowers typically call up visions of sky blue flowers waving in a summer breeze. Host Plant Exclude from ISC. 24022018 Originally a native of the near East cornflower now grows wild over much of Europe and the temperate regions of North America.