PRONOUNCED:
kat-AN-ak-ee see-ROO-lee-uh
COMMON:
Blue cupidone, Cupid's dart.
June
- Blue
COMMENTS:
An old fashioned garden favorite. Grasslike,
gray-green, hairy leaves grow in a clump. The tall
flower stems support 2-inch open blossoms much
incised around the rim. It prefers a well-drained,
light soil in the dry side. The dried flowers are
used in flower arrangements.