Bachelors Buttons (Bachelor's Buttons, Mountain Cornflower, Perennial Cornflower)

• Common Name: Bachelors Buttons (Bachelor's Buttons, Mountain Cornflower, Perennial Cornflower)
• Latin Name: Centaurea spp.; esp. Centaurea cyanus and Centaurea montana
• Family Name: Asteraceae/Compositae

Young shoots and flowers are edible.  Mainly a blue flower, but some varieties may have pink or white flowers.  See Cornflower, See Knapweed