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|accepted_name=Centaurea depressa
|accepted_authority=M. Bieberstein
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Taur.-Caucas.
|place=2: 346. 1808
|year=1808
}}
|common_names=Low cornflower
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Cardueae;Centaurea;Centaurea depressa
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Cardueae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Centaurea]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Centaurea depressa]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 19
|mention_page=page 183
|treatment_page=page 184
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Annuals,</b> 20–60 cm. <b>Stems</b> usually several–many from base, spreading, ± openly branched distally, loosely gray-tomentose. <b>Leaves</b> ± loosely gray-tomentose; basal and proximal cauline petiolate, blades oblong, 5–10 cm, margins entire or pinnatifid with terminal segment largest, apices obtuse; mid and distal cauline sessile, linear-lanceolate to oblong, blades usually not much smaller, entire, mucronate. <b>Heads</b> radiant, borne singly, pedunculate. <b>Involucres</b> ovoid to campanulate, 15–20 mm. <b>Phyllaries</b>: bodies green, ovate (outer) to oblong (inner), glabrous, margins and erect appendages silvery white to brown, scarious, fringed with slender teeth 1.5–2 mm. <b>Florets</b> 25–35; corollas of sterile florets spreading, dark blue, 25–30 mm, enlarged, those of fertile florets purple, ca. 15 mm. <b>Cypselae</b> brown, 4.5–6 mm, puberulent near attachment scar, otherwise glabrous; pappi of outer series of unequal stiff bristles 2–8 mm, inner series of slender scales ca. 1.5 mm. <b>2n</b> = 16 (Armenia).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–summer (May–Jul).
|habitat=Disturbed ground
|elevation=50–1400 m
|distribution=Md.;Nev.;sw;c Asia.
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name=Centaurea depressa
|authority=M. Bieberstein
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–summer (May–Jul).
|habitat=Disturbed ground
|elevation=50–1400 m
|distribution=Md.;Nev.;sw;c Asia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Taur.-Caucas.
|publication year=1808
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Cardueae
|genus=Centaurea
|species=Centaurea depressa
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