Bluebottle

Centaurea cyanus (Bachelor's buttons, Bluebottle, Cornflower)
Photo/Illustration: Rick Mark
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Bluebottle ( Centaurea cyanus )
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It is called bluebottle or bluet in England and bluebonnet in Scotland; in North America the cornflower shares with other plants the names ragged robin, bachelor's button, or ragged sailor.

It is so startlingly blue that many secondary common names allude to it: Bluebottle, Bluebow, Bluebonnet, Bluecap, Blue Buttons, Bluet, Blue Star Thistle, or Cyani.

Culpepper tells us that the powder or dried leaves of the Bluebottle is given with good success to those that are bruised by a fall or have broken a vein inwardly. He also informs us that, with Plantain, Horsetail, or Comfrey, ...

See also: Centaurea, Cornflower, Buttons, Green, Pink