Global InformationCatananche caerulea information
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Catananche |
| Species: | C. caerulea
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| Binomial name | |
| Catananche caerulea L.
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Catananche caerulea, or Cupid's dart, is a greyish green perennial herbaceous plant with a basal leaf rosette and conspicuous blue-purple or sometimes white flowerheads, belonging to the daisy family. It is a popular garden plant and is often used in dried flower arrangements.[2]
It is native to the Mediterranean region. The flower was supposedly used by the ancient Greeks as a key ingredient in a love potion, hence the common name "Cupid's dart".
- ^ "Catananche caerulea". The Plantlist. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
- ^ Sell, P.D. (1976). "147. Catananche L.". In Tutin, G. & al. (ed.). Flora Europaea. Vol. 4. Cambridge. p. 305.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) and Sell, P.D.; Murell, G. (2006). Flora of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. 4. Cambridge.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) cited on "Catananche caerulea". Cichorieae Portal.