Centaurea triumfettii

IMG_0870 [Centaurea triumfetti]

 

Centaurea is a very large genus.

In Europe alone there are over 220 species,

about 120 of which are found in Greece

with more than 40% of them being endemic.

  

Triumfettii – perhaps my most favorite species of Centaurea – 

is a beautiful, short to medium perennial flower

that grows in most of mainland Greece.

It is found in grassy, stony and rocky habitats,and scrub

on the mountain zone.

 It blooms from April to July. 

The flower-head above is about 50mm wide.

 

 

304_6683 [Centaurea triumfettii]

 

Photographed on Mt. Kitheronas.