Plants of USA and Canada

Scientific or common name:

Centaurea montana L.


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

Taxon Page:

Name: Centaurea montana L. Taxon selection
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 911 (1753)
Rank: species

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Common names

US name U.S. name: Perennial cornflower
en English name: mountain cornflower
English name: mountain knapweed
French name: centaurée des montagnes
Italian name: Fiordaliso montano
German name: Berg-Flockenblume

Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Annual
 

Synonyms:
= Centaurea montana L. var. alba hort.


Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Centaurea montana L. var. alba hort.



TAXONOMY

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


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Gallery:

Centaurea montana
Centaurea montana
Credit: Photo by Flavio Pollano

Centaurea montana
Centaurea montana
Credit: Photo by Flavio Pollano

Centaurea montana
Centaurea montana
Jacob Sturm, Johann Georg Sturm - Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen (1796). - This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired.

Centaurea montana
Centaurea montana
Credit: Photo by Flavio Pollano

Centaurea montana
Centaurea montana
Credit: Photo by Flavio Pollano

Centaurea montana
Centaurea montana
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.

Centaurea montana
Centaurea montana
Credit: Photo by Flavio Pollano

Centaurea montana
Centaurea montana
Credit: Photo by Flavio Pollano

Centaurea montana
Centaurea montana
Credit: Photo by Flavio Pollano


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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AK, ID, ME, MI, MN, MT, NH, NY, OR, PA, UT, WA, WI), CAN (BC, NB, NF, ON, QC), FRA (SPM)

Distributional map for Centaurea montana L.
Map for Centaurea montana L.
(*) 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 moschata L. [174]
2) Centaurea muricata L. [142]
3) Centaurea nervosa Willd. [133]
4) Centaurea nigra L. var. radiata DC. [135]
5) Centaurea paniculata L. [1006]
6) Centaurea pratensis Thuill., nom. illeg., non Salisb. [150]
7) Centaurea scabiosa L. var. vertesensis (Boros) Soo [176]
8) Centaurea trichocephala M. Bieb. ex Willd. [475]
9) Centaurea virgata Lam. var. squarrosa (Willd.) Boiss. [154]
10) Centaurium calycosum (Buckley) Fernald var. arizonicum (A. Gray) Tidestr. [171]

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