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[Linda]

Interesting, do you think the addition is similar to the doppelganger Latin abbreviations? Might it be plural, or encompass the genus, ie. others like it? Have you found similar instances of this pattern on other pages?

C. cyanus isn't too likely in my thinking, by the way, since cyanus means blue. Although bachelor buttons are now found in many colours, this is likely a more modern occurrence of purposeful selection and hybridization. Plus they are flatter than the drawings suggest, hence the common name. Since they had blue pigments, why would they make it pink. Consider C.maculata, C.jacea, or C.nigra, among others, if you like the Centaurea part of it, they are pinkish and more matching to the drawings. Today the genus contains over 700 species, although you can probably weed out the reds, yellows, spiky, silverleafed and others, you would still end up with lots to choose from, not to mention lookalikes from other families of plants.