Plants of USA and Canada

Scientific or common name:

Centaurea diffusa Lam.


ASTERACEAE Family selection - Aster family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Centaurea diffusa Lam. Taxon selection
Nomencl. ref.: Encycl. 1: 675 (1785)
Rank: species

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Common names

US name U.S. name: Diffuse knapweed
en English name: diffuse knapweed
English name: small-flower star thistle
French name: centaurée diffuse
Italian name: Fiordaliso diffuso
German name: sparrige Flockenblume

Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Annual, Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Acosta diffusa (Lam.) Soják



TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Centaurea
Species:


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Centaurea diffusa
Centaurea diffusa
Hippolyte Coste - Flore descriptive et illustrée de la France, de la Corse et des contrées limitrophes, 1901-1906 - This image is in public domain because its copyright has expired.


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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AZ, CA, CO, CT, IA, ID, IL, IN, KY, MA, MI, MO, MT, NE, NJ, NM, NV, OH, OR, TN, UT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, ON, QC, SK, YT)

Distributional map for Centaurea diffusa Lam.
Map for Centaurea diffusa Lam.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA



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More species:
1) Centaurea diluta Aiton [271]
2) Centaurea iberica Trevir. ex Spreng. [222]
3) Centaurea jacea L. [3608]
4) Centaurea melitensis L. [2044]
5) Centaurea moschata L. [173]
6) Centaurea ovina Pall. ex Willd. ssp. besseriana (DC.) Dostál [excluded] [222]
7) Centaurea scabiosa L. [3532]
8) Centaurea stoebe L. ssp. micranthos (Gugler) Hayek [441]
9) Centaurea virgata Lam. ssp. squarrosa (Willd.) Gugler [267]
10) Centaurium erythraea Rafn [2709]

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