Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Catananche bicolor	hort.	Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3 1: 556, in syn. (1894)
Catananche carpholepis	Nyman	Consp. Fl. Eur. 2: 472 (1879)
Catananche caerulea var. propinqua	(Pomel) Hochr.
Catananche caerulea var. ochroleuca	Maire
Catananche caerulea var. tlemcenensis	Faure
Catananche caerulea var. tenuis	Ball
Cupidonia caerulea	Bubani	Fl. Pyren. ii. 47 (1899)

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	cupid's dart
Arabic	طلسمية سماوية
Arabic	هندبة زرقة
Azerbaijani	katananxe
Catalan	cervellina
Catalan	cerverina
Welsh	ysgellog glas
German	blaue rasselblume
French	cupidone bleue
Italian	cupidone azzurro
Swedish	blå gräsfibbla
Chinese	蓝苣
Chinese	爱神箭
Chinese	蓝箭菊
Chinese	藍箭菊

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  - Libya
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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000129290
USDA Plants	CACA94
Tropicos	2702026
INPN	89330
Flora of Italy	6150
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:189609-1
The Plant List	gcc-9023
Missouri Botanical Garden	277287
Open Tree Of Life	485953
Observations.org	116089
NCBI Taxonomy	114285
NBN Atlas	NHMSYS0100000961
IPNI	189609-1
iNaturalist	209304
GBIF	3134867
Freebase	/m/094nw7
EPPO	CTCCA
EOL	6265486
USDA GRIN	9594
Wikipedia	Catananche_caerulea
CMAUP	NPO1906

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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The most polyphagous insect herbivore? Host plant associations of the Meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius (L.)

Thompson V, Harkin C, Stewart AJ

PLoS One

04-Oct-2023

PMCID:	PMC10602594
doi:	10.1371/journal.pone.0291734
PMID:	37792900

New Species of Large-Spored Alternaria in Section Porri Associated with Compositae Plants in China

Zhao L, Luo H, Cheng H, Gou YN, Yu ZH, Deng JX

J Fungi (Basel)

06-Jun-2022

PMCID:	PMC9225545
doi:	10.3390/jof8060607
PMID:	35736091

Alternaria yunnanensis sp. nov., a New Alternaria Species Causing Foliage Spot of Rubber Tree in China

Cai ZY, Liu YX, Shi YP, Dai LM, Li LL, Mu HJ, Lv ML, Liu XY

Mycobiology

30-Mar-2019

PMCID:	PMC6450485
doi:	10.1080/12298093.2019.1575584
PMID:	30988991

Beyond food and medicine, but necessary for life, too: other folk plant uses in several territories of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands

Gras A, Garnatje T, Bonet MÀ, Carrió E, Mayans M, Parada M, Rigat M, Vallès J

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed

17-Jun-2016

PMCID:	PMC4912702
doi:	10.1186/s13002-016-0097-8
PMID:	27316670

Large-spored Alternaria pathogens in section Porri disentangled

Woudenberg JH, Truter M, Groenewald JZ, Crous PW

Stud Mycol

16-Oct-2014

PMCID:	PMC4255562
doi:	10.1016/j.simyco.2014.07.003
PMID:	25492985

[Presence of carlinoside or 6-C-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-8-C-alpha-L arabinopyranosylluteoline in Catananche caerulea (author's transl)].

Proliac A, Raynaud J

Planta Med

01-Aug-1977

doi:	10.1055/S-0028-1097560
PMID:	905416

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Benzenoids / Benzene and substituted derivatives / Benzoic acids and derivatives / Hydroxybenzoic acid derivatives
4-Hydroxybenzoic acid	135	Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C(=O)O)O	138.12	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Benzenoids / Benzene and substituted derivatives / Benzyl alcohols
4-Hydroxybenzyl alcohol	125	Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1CO)O	124.14	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Hydrocarbons / Saturated hydrocarbons / Alkanes
Dotriacontane	11008	Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC	450.90	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty acyl glycosides / Fatty acyl glycosides of mono- and disaccharides
Rosavin	9823887	Click to see C1C(C(C(C(O1)OCC2C(C(C(C(O2)OCC=CC3=CC=CC=C3)O)O)O)O)O)O	428.40	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Terpene glycosides / Diterpene glycosides
Bacosterol3-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside	101389367	Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CC=CC2CCC3CC(CCC3(C2=CCC1C)C)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)C(C)C	576.80	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
Bacopaside I	21599442	Click to see CC(=CC1COC23CC4(CO2)C(C3C1(C)O)CCC5C4(CCC6C5(CCC(C6(C)C)OC7C(C(C(CO7)O)OC8C(C(C(C(O8)COS(=O)(=O)O)O)O)O)OC9C(C(C(O9)CO)O)O)C)C)C	979.10	unknown	via CMAUP database
bacopaside II	9876264	Click to see CC(=CC1COC23CC4(CO2)C(C3C1(C)O)CCC5C4(CCC6C5(CCC(C6(C)C)OC7C(C(C(C(O7)CO)O)OC8C(C(C(C(O8)CO)O)O)O)OC9C(C(C(O9)CO)O)O)C)C)C	929.10	unknown	via CMAUP database
Bacopaside III	15922618	Click to see CC(=CC1COC23CC4(CO2)C(C3C1(C)O)CCC5C4(CCC6C5(CCC(C6(C)C)OC7C(C(C(CO7)O)OC8C(C(C(C(O8)COS(=O)(=O)O)O)O)O)O)C)C)C	847.00	unknown	via CMAUP database
Bacopaside IV	10865594	Click to see CC(=CC1CC(C2C3CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C36CC2(O1)OC6)C)(C)C)OC7C(C(C(CO7)O)OC8C(C(C(C(O8)CO)O)O)O)O)C)(C)O)C	767.00	unknown	via CMAUP database
Bacopaside N1	11949626	Click to see CC(=CC1CC(C2C3CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C36CC2(O1)OC6)C)(C)C)OC7C(C(C(C(O7)CO)O)OC8C(C(C(C(O8)CO)O)O)O)O)C)(C)O)C	797.00	unknown	via CMAUP database
Bacopaside N2	21574494	Click to see CC(=CC1COC23CC4(CO2)C(C3C1(C)O)CCC5C4(CCC6C5(CCC(C6(C)C)OC7C(C(C(C(O7)CO)O)OC8C(C(C(C(O8)CO)O)O)O)O)C)C)C	797.00	unknown	via CMAUP database
Bacopaside V	11072737	Click to see CC(=CC1COC23CC4(CO2)C(C3C1(C)O)CCC5C4(CCC6C5(CCC(C6(C)C)OC7C(C(C(CO7)O)OC8C(C(C(C(O8)CO)O)O)O)O)C)C)C	767.00	unknown	via CMAUP database
Bacopaside X	10629555	Click to see CC(=CC1CC(C2C3CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C36CC2(O1)OC6)C)(C)C)OC7C(C(C(CO7)O)OC8C(C(C(C(O8)CO)O)O)O)OC9C(C(C(O9)CO)O)O)C)(C)O)C	899.10	unknown	via CMAUP database
Bacoside A3	91827005	Click to see CC(=CC1CC(C2C3CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C36CC2(O1)OC6)C)(C)C)OC7C(C(C(C(O7)CO)O)OC8C(C(C(C(O8)CO)O)O)O)OC9C(C(C(O9)CO)O)O)C)(C)O)C	929.10	unknown	via CMAUP database
Bacosine	71312547	Click to see CC(=C)C1CCC2(C1C3CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C3(CC2)C(=O)O)C)(C)C)O)C)C	456.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
Bascopasaponin C	21599443	Click to see CC(=CC1COC23CC4(CO2)C(C3C1(C)O)CCC5C4(CCC6C5(CCC(C6(C)C)OC7C(C(C(CO7)O)OC8C(C(C(C(O8)CO)O)O)O)OC9C(C(C(O9)CO)O)O)C)C)C	899.10	unknown	via CMAUP database
Betulin	72326	Click to see CC(=C)C1CCC2(C1C3CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C3(CC2)C)C)(C)C)O)C)CO	442.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
Lupeol	259846	Click to see CC(=C)C1CCC2(C1C3CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C3(CC2)C)C)(C)C)O)C)C	426.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
Ursolic Acid	64945	Click to see CC1CCC2(CCC3(C(=CCC4C3(CCC5C4(CCC(C5(C)C)O)C)C)C2C1C)C)C(=O)O	456.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Cucurbitacins
[(E,6R)-6-hydroxy-2-methyl-5-oxo-6-[(7S,8S,9S,10R,13R,14S,16R,17R)-2,7,16-trihydroxy-4,4,9,13,14-pentamethyl-3,11-dioxo-8,10,12,15,16,17-hexahydro-7H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl]hept-3-en-2-yl] acetate	16216753	Click to see CC(=O)OC(C)(C)C=CC(=O)C(C)(C1C(CC2(C1(CC(=O)C3(C2C(C=C4C3C=C(C(=O)C4(C)C)O)O)C)C)C)O)O	572.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
Cucurbitacin E	5281319	Click to see CC(=O)OC(C)(C)C=CC(=O)C(C)(C1C(CC2(C1(CC(=O)C3(C2CC=C4C3C=C(C(=O)C4(C)C)O)C)C)C)O)O	556.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Ergostane steroids / Ergosterols and derivatives
24-Methyldesmosterol	193567	Click to see CC(CCC(=C(C)C)C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C	398.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Stigmastanes and derivatives
Sitogluside	5742590	Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)CO)O)O)O)C)C)C(C)C	576.80	unknown	via CMAUP database
Stigmasterol glucoside	6602508	Click to see CCC(C=CC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)CO)O)O)O)C)C)C(C)C	574.80	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Alcohols and polyols / Cyclic alcohols and derivatives
Bacosterol	101389368	Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CC=CC2CCC3CC(CCC3(C2=CCC1C)C)O)C(C)C	414.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Benzofurans
Loliolide	100332	Click to see CC1(CC(CC2(C1=CC(=O)O2)C)O)C	196.24	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Cinnamic acids and derivatives / Hydroxycinnamic acids and derivatives / Coumaric acids and derivatives
2-Propenoic acid, 3-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-	16848	Click to see COC1=C(C=C(C=C1)C=CC(=O)O)OC	208.21	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Cinnamic acids and derivatives / Hydroxycinnamic acids and derivatives / Hydroxycinnamic acid esters / Hydroxycinnamic acid glycosides
Ferulic acid glucoside	53978589	Click to see COC1=C(C=CC(=C1)C=CC(=O)OC2C(C(C(C(O2)CO)O)O)O)O	356.32	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavones
Apigenin	5280443	Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C2=CC(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)O	270.24	unknown	via CMAUP database
Luteolin	5280445	Click to see C1=CC(=C(C=C1C2=CC(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)O)O	286.24	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavones / Flavonols
Quercetin	5280343	Click to see C1=CC(=C(C=C1C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)O)O)O	302.23	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid C-glycosides / Flavonoid 8-C-glycosides
2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-dihydroxy-6-[(2S,3R,4R,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]-8-[(2S,3R,4R,5S)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]chromen-4-one	161663063	Click to see C1C(C(C(C(O1)C2=C3C(=C(C(=C2O)C4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O)C(=O)C=C(O3)C5=CC(=C(C=C5)O)O)O)O)O	580.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-0028-1097560
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-7-O-glycosides
Luteolin 7-O-glucoside	5280637	Click to see C1=CC(=C(C=C1C2=CC(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O)O)O	448.40	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Linear 1,3-diarylpropanoids / Chalcones and dihydrochalcones / 2-Hydroxy-dihydrochalcones
1-[2,4,6-Trihydroxy-3-(3-methyl-2-butenyl)phenyl]-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1-propanone	19744872	Click to see CC(=CCC1=C(C(=C(C=C1O)O)C(=O)CCC2=CC=C(C=C2)O)O)C	342.40	unknown	via CMAUP database

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Catananche caerulea

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