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Catananche (Greek name, referring to ancient custom of using the plant in making love-philters). Compositae. Annual or perennial garden herbs, grown for the bloom.
Leaves crowded at the base of the st., and linear or lanceolate: head long-peduncled, blue or yellow: achene oblong, ribbed and usually villose or setose: pappus of 5-7 lanceolate long-acuminate scales.—A half dozen species in the Medit. region. Of easiest cult, in any garden soil, particularly if light. Prop, by seeds and division. Useful for cutting.
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