Centaurea macrocephala Puschk. ex Willd.

Centaurea macrocephala Puschk. ex Willd.

ASTERACEAE

- Aster family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Name: Centaurea macrocephala Puschk. ex Willd.

Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Bighead knapweed

English name: big-head knapweed

English name: giant knapweed

French name: centaurée à grosse tête

German name: großköpfige Flockenblume

Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial

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TAXONOMY

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

Page counter: 943 ( AVG: 221.16 / 219.883 )

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Centaurea macrocephala
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Passo del Piccolo San Bernardo, Giardino Botanico Alpino Chanousia., AO, Valle d'Aosta, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Centaurea macrocephala
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Centaurea macrocephala
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- The New Plantfinder - Images and local names of vascular plants - Project Dryades / KeyToNature, coordinated by the Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (ID, MI, MT, OR, WA, WI), CAN (ON, QC)

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Map for Centaurea macrocephala Puschk. ex Willd.
(*) 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 melitensis L. [2044]
2) Centaurea montana L. [841]
3) Centaurea moschata L. [173]
4) Centaurea nigrescens Willd. [2504]
5) Centaurea paniculata L. [1004]
6) Centaurea scabiosa L. [3532]
7) Centaurea stoebe L. [378]
8) Centaurea uniflora Turra ssp. nervosa (Willd.) Bonnier & Layens [635]
9) Centaurium calycosum (Buckley) Fernald [356]
10) Centaurium muehlenbergii (Griseb.) W. Wight ex Piper [237]

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