Centaurea cineraria, the velvet centaurea, also known as dusty miller and silver dust (though these latter two names may also apply to Jacobaea maritima and Silene coronaria), is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae endemic to southern Italy.[4][5] In natural settings, it grows on coastal cliffs, ranging from 0–350 m above sea level,[5] hence the plant's Italian name, fiordaliso delle scogliere (lit. "cliff cornflower").[5] Mature plants may reach 80 centimetres (31.5 in) in height.[4] The species produces purple flowers.[6][4][5]
Centaurea cineraria is taxonomically complicated, with several described subspecies and significant geographic variation.[4][7][8] Members of the C. cineraria group have variously been treated as full species, as subspecies, or simply as regional variations.[4][7][8][5]
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^ abDomina, Gianniantonio; Greuter, Werner; Raimondo, Francesco M. (2017-07-17). "A taxonomic reassessment of the Centaurea busambarensis complex (Compositae, Cardueae), with description of a new species from the Egadi Islands (W Sicily)". Israel Journal of Plant Sciences. 64 (1–2): 48–56. doi:10.1080/07929978.2016.1257146 (inactive 31 January 2024). ISSN 0792-9978.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 (link)
^ abGuarino, C.; Salerno, G.; Cipriani, G. (2013-12-01). "Effects of fragmentation phenomena on the genetic structure and gene flow in Centaurea cineraria group (Asteraceae) in the Mediterranean Basin". Plant Biosystems. 147 (4): 996–1005. doi:10.1080/11263504.2013.855276. ISSN 1126-3504. S2CID 83843344.
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