Species
Cupid’s dart
Catananche caerulea
Varieties
2 entriesCatananche caerulea is a perennial in Asteraceae, native to central Europe and the western Mediterranean.
Flowers and foliage
Slender flowering stems lift the blooms above the foliage, giving the plant an open outline. Its perennial cycle distinguishes it from annual flower references. Blue and white selection names provide the next level of detail within the seed assortment.
Cupid’s dart: seed selection
Alba and Blue are the separately named colour references in the wholesale range.
At a glance
Species profile
Characteristics
- Life cycle
- Perennial
Botanical details
- Botanical name
- Catananche caerulea
- Common names
- blue cupidone; blue strawflower; cupid's dart; cupid's-dart; sunflower
- Synonyms
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- catananche bicolor; catananche caerulea armerioides; catananche caerulea caerulea; catananche caerulea ochroleuca; catananche caerulea propinqua; catananche caerulea tenuis; catananche caerulea tlemcenensis; catananche caerulea var. armerioides; catananche carpholepis; catananche propinqua; cupidonia caerulea
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Catananche
- Species
- Catananche caerulea