Syrian Cornflower-thistle 💮

Scientifically called Centaurea cyanoides.
Its flowers have many colors, common to pollen and petals from bright colors such as white, yellow, orange, cream to darker colors such as pink, lilac, blue, purple and even red.

Centaurea cyanoides is an endemic species to the Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Cyprus.

In contrast to some other species in the type of thistle whose gulls are prickly, the blue thistle is not thorny.

The Centaurea cyanoides is a protected species in Israel.

In Israel, some use it for infusions in a mixture with other plants.

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