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            The cornflower, bachelor's button, bluebottle or hurtsickle (Centaurea cyanus) is an annual flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Europe,  now naturalised in many other parts of the world, including North America and parts of Australia.
The charming and prolific flowers are most commonly an intense blue colour, produced in flowerheads (capitula) 1.5–3 cm diameter, with a ring of a few large, spreading ray florets surrounding a central cluster of disc florets.
Cornflowers flower from late June through August.
Once a common weed of cornfields, as a result of modern agricultural practices it is now very rare in the wild. 
Today it is grown as an ornamental plant in gardens, where several cultivars have been selected with varying pastel colours, including pink, purple, blue, lavender, white, and maroon.

De korenbloem (Centaurea cyanus), ook wel wilde korenbloem genoemd, is een 30-60 cm hoge, eenjarige plant. Binnen het geslacht Centaurea is het een van de drie soorten die van nature voorkomen in Nederland en België.
De korenbloem dankt zijn naam aan de traditionele groeiplaats; op akkers tussen het graan. Doordat de plant weinig ruimte nodig had, kon hij hier tussen het hoge graan overleven. Door de teelt met gezuiverd zaaigoed komt de plant in dit milieu bijna niet meer voor. In bermen van binnenwegen zijn de blauwe bloemen nog wel regelmatig aan te treffen. De plant neemt zelfs toe, waarschijnlijk doordat veel bermen minder vaak dan vroeger worden gemaaid.
De oorspronkelijke korenbloem is paarsblauw van kleur, maar tegenwoordig zijn er ook kleurvarianten die wit, roze, paars, lavendel, rood of lichtblauw zijn. De bloemhoofdjes zijn 1,5 à 3 cm. De 8 à 15 randbloemen zijn veel langer dan de binnenste. Ze zijn wijd trompetvormig. De totale doorsnede kan tot 8 à 10 cm zijn.
Deze foto is gemaakt in de veldbloementuin van zorgboerderij De Passiflorahoeve bij Harskamp op de Veluwe. 
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Taken in: Holland / Provincie Gelderland / Westeneng (show map)

Taken on: June 26, 2021

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Camera: Sony ILCA-77M2, f/6.3, 1/640 sec, 100mm (=150mm), ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

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