| Family |
Asteraceae (alt. Compositae) |
| Scientific name |
Centaurea cyanus L. |
| Synonyms |
Centaurea cyanocephala Velenovsky; Centaurea cyanus L. subsp. coa Rechinger
f.; Centaurea cyanus L. var. denudata Suksdorf; Centaurea pulchra de Candolle;
Cyanus arvensis Moench; Cyanus cyanus (L.) Hill; Cyanus segetus Hill; Cyanus
vulgaris Delarbre; Leucacantha cyanus (L.) Nieuwland & Lunell |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) yaguruma-giku [wheel aster] |
| (English common name) bachelor's-button, blue bottle, cornflower |
| Distribution |
(Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) [native] Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Albania, Bulgaria,
Greece, Italy |
| Chromosomal number |
2n=24 |
| Description |
Plants electing 60-100cm. Flowers blue purple (sometimes purple, red, pink
or white) 4cm, flowering in April to September. Winter annual plants. |
| Reference |
Centaurea cyanus L. |
| Centaurea cyanus L. |
| Centaurea cyanus Linnaeus |
| M-diurethanes (US Patent 4252557/1981) |
| Cosmetic composition for the treatment of the hair and skin comprising a powder of flowers or flower tops and a cohesion agent (US Patent 4459285/1984) |
| Cosmetic compositions for the treatment of the hair and skin contain in the form of a powder particles resulting from the pulverization of at least one plant substance and a cohesion agent (US Patent 4569839/1986) |
| Biological control of knapweed by Pythium rostratum (US Patent 5112381/1992) |
| Cosmetic composition for the treatment of the hair and skin comprising a powder of flowers or flower tops and a cohesion agent (US Patent RE33993/1992) |
| Induction of resistance to viral diseases in plants (US Patent 5633449/1997) |
| Herbicidal mixtures (US Patent 5977026/1999) |
| Pigment composition containing anthocyanins stabilized by plant extracts (US Patent 5908650/1999) |
| Moistened cosmetic eye treatment fads (US Patent 6159487/2000) |
| Method for treating plants (US Patent 6174837/2001) |
| Herbicidal mixtures (US Patent 6683027/2004) |
| Oral composition, method of making the oral composition and oral hygiene method in japanese and chinese herbal remedy (US Patent 6811769/2004) |
| Cleansing compositions (US Patent 7074747/2006) |
| Cleansing compositions comprising a liquid silicone and ester mixture (US Patent 7262158/2007) |
| Anti-allergic, anti-bacteric and anti-redden compound for eyes (European Patent EP1417970/2004) |
| Note |
Naturalized plants (introduced as a garden plant). |
