basket-flower
plant
(Centaurea americana), annual garden flower of the family Asteraceae, native to southwestern North America. The basket-flower has oblong leaves and rose-coloured, compact heads of disk flowers that appear to be in baskets because the ray flowers around the head are enlarged. The name basket-flower also is used for a species of spider lily (Hymenocallis) of another family.Other plants of the genus Centaurea also are cultivated as garden ornamentals, especially cornflower (C. cyanus), dusty miller (C. cineraria and C. gymnocarpa), and sweet sultan (C. moschata). Knapweed (C. nigra) is a hairy perennial weed commonly found in temperate areas of the world.
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