Asteraceae
Cupid's dart
Catananche caerulea
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Catananche
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Common names
By language (10)
- Arabic
- طلسمية سماوية, هندبة زرقة
- arz
- طلسميه سماويه
- Catalan
- Cerverina, Cervellina
- Chinese
- 蓝箭菊, 藍箭菊, 蓝苣, 爱神箭
- English
- Cupid's dart
- French
- Cupidone bleue
- German
- Blaue Rasselblume
- Italian
- Cupidone azzurro
- Swedish
- Blå gräsfibbla
- Welsh
- Ysgellog glas
Synonyms
- Catananche bicolor Bosse
- Catananche caerulea var. caerulea
- Catananche caerulea var. ochroleuca Maire
- Catananche caerulea var. propinqua (Pomel) Hochr.
- Catananche caerulea var. tenuis Ball
- Catananche caerulea var. tlemcenensis Faure
- Catananche propinqua Pomel
- Cupidonia caerulea Bubani
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August (from 637 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: CorentinD, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: aroche, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ltshears - Trisha M Shears, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Chérif-Jacques Allali, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Philippe Hornus, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Tim Entwisle, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: hervé dournes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.