Centaurea montana (L.) Compositae. Watercolour on vellum.
Flowers are small in congested
heads (capitula). Five stamens are fused together around the style. The ovary
is inferior. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs)
and are pollinated by bees, flies, Lepidoptera (Moths & Butterflies).
The plant is self-fertile.
Fruit is an achene, with feathery appendage
