Index / Search / Centaurea cyanus
§1 Plant
Centaurea cyanus L.
vernacular garden cornflower — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Centaurea
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- GL Greenland Introduced
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 379 counties across 31 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 379 counties across 31 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 26 I ▾
- Ashley 05003
- Clay 05021
- Cleburne 05023
- Craighead 05031
- Crawford 05033
- Crittenden 05035
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lafayette 05073
- Lawrence 05075
- Lee 05077
- Mississippi 05093
- Monroe 05095
- Montgomery 05097
- Poinsett 05111
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- Sebastian 05131
- St. Francis 05123
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
Delaware view state ↗ 1 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 26 I ▾
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- DuPage 17043
- Grundy 17063
- Henry 17073
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Kane 17089
- Marion 17121
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Monroe 17133
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Randolph 17157
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Williamson 17199
Indiana view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 25 I ▾
- Anderson 20003
- Chautauqua 20019
- Clay 20027
- Decatur 20039
- Dickinson 20041
- Elk 20049
- Ford 20057
- Greenwood 20073
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Jewell 20089
- Lyon 20111
- Meade 20119
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Riley 20161
- Saline 20169
- Sedgwick 20173
- Smith 20183
- Sumner 20191
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
Kentucky view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 19 I ▾
Maine view state ↗ 9 I ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 11 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 5 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 2 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 8 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 16 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 51 I ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Bertie 37015
- Burke 37023
- Carteret 37031
- Caswell 37033
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Cleveland 37045
- Dare 37055
- Davidson 37057
- Duplin 37061
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Granville 37077
- Guilford 37081
- Harnett 37085
- Henderson 37089
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Lincoln 37109
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Northampton 37131
- Orange 37135
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rowan 37159
- Rutherford 37161
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Watauga 37189
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
- Yadkin 37197
- Yancey 37199
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 15 I ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 25 I ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Anderson 45007
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Cherokee 45021
- Chester 45023
- Chesterfield 45025
- Dillon 45033
- Edgefield 45037
- Fairfield 45039
- Florence 45041
- Greenwood 45047
- Laurens 45059
- Lexington 45063
- Marion 45067
- Marlboro 45069
- McCormick 45065
- Newberry 45071
- Orangeburg 45075
- Richland 45079
- Spartanburg 45083
- Union 45087
- York 45091
Tennessee view state ↗ 22 I ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Carter 47019
- Coffee 47031
- Davidson 47037
- Hamblen 47063
- Knox 47093
- Lawrence 47099
- Loudon 47105
- Madison 47113
- Marshall 47117
- Maury 47119
- McMinn 47107
- Montgomery 47125
- Robertson 47147
- Rutherford 47149
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Smith 47159
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Trousdale 47169
- Williamson 47187
Vermont view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 58 I ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Appomattox 51011
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Brunswick 51025
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fluvanna 51065
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Greensville 51081
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- Lancaster 51103
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- New Kent 51127
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CECY2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3089561 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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