Centaurea nigrescens
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Centaurea nigrescens | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Centaurea |
Species: | C. nigrescens
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Binomial name | |
Centaurea nigrescens Willd.
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Synonyms | |
Centaurea dubia Suter |
Centaurea nigrescens, the Tyrol knapweed, short-fringed knapweed or Tyrol thistle, is a perennial plant of the star thistle genus that grows natively in Central and South-eastern Europe (from Southern Germany and Northern Italy to Romania and Bulgaria), but has also been introduced and is now a noxious weed in the Northern United States, Canada and Southern Australia. It has purple flowers and it flowers in the summer (June to September).
Categories:
- Centaurea
- Cynareae stubs