Cornflower 矢車菊

Species：　Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus)

The cornflower is an annual, herbaceous plant with conspicuous bright blue flowers. You can find it especially at edges of cornfields, hence the name. The seeds are silver-gray, hairy, and have a circle of red hairs, which serves for seed dispersal by wind.

矢車菊是能開出亮澄澄藍色花朵的一年生草本植物。最容易找到的他的地方是在玉米田的邊緣──看他的名字就知道。他的種子是銀灰色、毛茸茸的，且長了一圈能夠讓種子隨風而去的紅毛。

The cornflower is an annual, herbaceous plant with conspicuous bright blue flowers. You can find it especially at edges of cornfields, hence the name. Cornflowers are bioindicators. If a field was fertilized intensely the year before, it grows only poorly.

矢車菊是能開出亮澄澄藍色花朵的一年生草本植物。最容易找到的他的地方是在玉米田的邊緣──看他的名字就知道。矢車菊是種指標生物。如果一地今年施了比之前都還要多的肥料，則矢車菊會長得很不好。

The cornflower is an annual, herbaceous plant with conspicuous bright blue flowers. You can find it especially at edges of cornfields, hence the name. The flowers are edible and are a beautiful eye-catcher in salads.

矢車菊是能開出亮澄澄藍色花朵的一年生草本植物。最容易找到的他的地方是在玉米田的邊緣──看他的名字就知道。矢車菊的花朵是可以吃的，在沙拉中是個能抓住你視線的漂亮搭配。