{"id":9738,"date":"2011-03-04T15:00:31","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T19:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nybg.org\/plant-talk\/?p=9738"},"modified":"2011-03-02T18:57:06","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T22:57:06","slug":"plants-records-managers-choice-centratherum-punctatum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/03\/around-the-garden\/plants-records-managers-choice-centratherum-punctatum\/","title":{"rendered":"Plants Records Manager’s Choice: Centratherum punctatum"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ed. Note: Much as when the Garden photographer tells you something is special<\/a>, when one of the Garden’s serious plant guys shoots you an email, you sit up and listen. This happened recently when I got an email from Jon Peter, Plants Records Manager about a little purple flower.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/td>\nThe Botanical Garden\u2019s living collections is among the greatest in the world and contains more than 1 million plants. Jon Peter, Plant Records Manager, periodically shines the spotlight on a particular species that can be found within our 250 acres.
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This pretty flower is of Centratherum punctatum<\/em>. The name Centratherum<\/em> comes from the Greek kentron <\/em>meaning spur and anthos<\/em> meaning flower; referring to the flower having a spur-like base. The specific epithet punctatum means spotted. It goes by many common names including larkdaisy, Brazilian button flower, pineapple thistle, porcupine flower, Brazilian bachelor\u2019s button and Manaos beauty.<\/p>\n

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It is a member of the Asteraceae<\/em> family (sunflower family). Resources vary but many list this species as native to most of South America, Australia and the Philippines. It is also listed as a naturalized weed in Florida and Hawaii where is will generally inhabit disturbed areas. It is a one to two foot tall tender perennial that is often cultivated as an annual in northern climates and has a tendency to reseed itself annually into the garden in many parts of the world.<\/p>\n

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These beautiful lavender colored flowers sit atop coarsely toothed leaves that when crushed give off an aroma of pineapples. In tropical climates it can flower almost year-round which helps to make the flowers very attractive to butterflies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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