A delicate green tuft with spatula-shaped leaves in basal rosettes and with yellow-centered blue flowers is how a bluet flower looks.
Specifically, the wildflower in question (Houstonia caerulea) displays foliage in the form of rosettes and tufts. It exhibits four-lobed, pale blue, tubular flowers -- one per unbranching stem -- which have cheerily yellow centers and which measure about 0.39 inches (1 centimeter). It has small, spatula-shaped leaves. It matures to a height of 8 inches (20.32 centimeters).
Centaurea montana
The scientific or taxonomic name would be Centaurea montana.
Familiar Bluet was created in 1861.
Arctic Bluet was created in 1894.
Boreal Bluet was created in 1875.
A bluet is any of a variety of types of plant with blue flowers.
Double-Striped Bluet was created in 1902.
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All dragonflies are members of the order Odonata.
In Quebecoise (Canadian French) they definitely use the word "Bluet" as I have seen in the supermarkets and farmers market. The French word used in France is "Myrtille" but I have heard that you could also say "Bluet" in France?