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Mountain Bluet - Centaurea montana Solitary, fringed, purple flowers with pink/red centers and black-edged involucre bracts. Flowers sit atop on unbranched stems and grow 1-2&#039; tall. Large, green, lance-shaped leaves grow up to 7&quot; long. Endemic to Europe, this flower escapes gardens very easily and has thus become established in North America.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/56305/mountain_bluet.html" title="Mountain Bluet"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/56305_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=jwJPv1Li4OoHyxi8vYy%2FSLUNiAg%3D" width="200" height="140" alt="Mountain Bluet Solitary, fringed, purple flowers with pink/red centers and black-edged involucre bracts. Flowers sit atop on unbranched stems and grow 1-2&#039; tall. Large, green, lance-shaped leaves grow up to 7&quot; long. Endemic to Europe, this flower escapes gardens very easily and has thus become established in North America.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/71207/mountain_bluet_-_centaurea_montana.html Centaurea montana,Geotagged,Mountain Bluet,Spring,United States" /></a></figure><br /> Centaurea montana,Geotagged,Mountain bluet,Spring,United States Click/tap to enlarge

Mountain Bluet - Centaurea montana

Solitary, fringed, purple flowers with pink/red centers and black-edged involucre bracts. Flowers sit atop on unbranched stems and grow 1-2' tall. Large, green, lance-shaped leaves grow up to 7" long. Endemic to Europe, this flower escapes gardens very easily and has thus become established in North America.

Mountain Bluet Solitary, fringed, purple flowers with pink/red centers and black-edged involucre bracts. Flowers sit atop on unbranched stems and grow 1-2' tall. Large, green, lance-shaped leaves grow up to 7" long. Endemic to Europe, this flower escapes gardens very easily and has thus become established in North America.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/71207/mountain_bluet_-_centaurea_montana.html Centaurea montana,Geotagged,Mountain Bluet,Spring,United States

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The Mountain bluet

''Centaurea montana'' is a species of ''Centaurea'' endemic to Europe. It is widespread and common in the more southerly mountain ranges of Europe, but is rarer in the north. It escapes from gardens readily, and has thereby become established in the British Isles, Scandinavia and North America.

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Similar species: Asterales
Species identified by Christine Young
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Dec 20, 2018. Captured May 21, 2017 10:00 in 281 Main St S, Woodbury, CT 06798, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 60D
  • f/5.6
  • 1/512s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm