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Stokesia 
Stokesia laevis Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: Asterales Family: Asteraceae Tribe: Vernonieae Genus: Stokesia
L'Héritier de BrutelleSpecies: Stokesia laevis
(Hill) GreeneSynonyms Stokesia cyanea[1]
Stokesia laevis is a species of flowering plant native to southeastern North America, the only species in the genus Stokesia. It is in the daisy family. The flowers appear in the summer and are purple (sometimes blue, pale purple, or even white).[2] The plant is cultivated and several cultivars are available.[3] It is sometimes known as Cornflower aster or Stokes' aster.
Like a few other plants (such as some species of Vernonia), it contains vernolic acid, a vegetable oil with commercial applications.[4]
It is named after Jonathan Stokes (1755–1831), English botanist and member of the Lunar Society of Birmingham.
References
- ^ International Plant Names Index search for Stokesia cyanea
- ^ 28. Stokesia L’Héritier, Flora of North America
- ^ United States Patent PP10660, published October 27, 1998
- ^ Edgar B. Cahoon, Kevin G. Ripp, Sarah E. Hall, and Brian McGonigle (February 2002), "Transgenic Production of Epoxy Fatty Acids by Expression of a Cytochrome P450 Enzyme from Euphorbia lagascae Seed", Plant Physiol. 128 (2): 615–624, doi:10.1104/pp.010768, PMC 148923, PMID 11842164, http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=148923
External links
- Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/11892.
- Germplasm Resources Information Network: Stokesia cyanea
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