Centaurea Cyanus L. p. 407 4-17-29 B.M.C.R. 791 Agri Ex Colors various White with blue center Purple " purple " Blue with darker blue center Deep maroon with same center Rose -- -- " " " Purple -- -- " " " Pale blue with purplish center Ray fl outside fts purple white mixed " " Blue " " Filaments glabrous with ring of hairs on each shortly below antler. Appendages dense invol. beetles definite than in C. moschata The inner bracts purplish below the brown lacerated tips. Pappus scales unequal, those outside slimmer, finely & bristly, bright white at anthersides. Cobers slightly hairy but much less so than in C. moschata.