Centaurea nigra L.
ASTERACEAE
- Aster family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
Taxon Page:
Name: Centaurea nigra L.
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 911 (1753)
Rank: species
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Common names
U.S.
name:
Lesser knapweed
English name: black knapweed English name: common knapweed
French name: centaurée noire
Italian name: Fiordaliso scuro
German name: schwarze Flockenblume
Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
Synonyms:
= Centaurea nigra L. var. radiata DC.
Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Centaurea nigra L. var. radiata DC.
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Centaurea
Species:
Page counter: 1585 ( AVG: 220.8 / 219.469 )
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Centaurea nigra
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Centaurea nigra
Credit: Photo by Antonino Messina
Centaurea nigra
Credit: Photo by Antonino Messina
Centaurea nigra
Photo by Leo Michels. Usage: Public Domain
Centaurea nigra
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 3: 557.
Centaurea nigra
Jacob Sturm, Johann Georg Sturm - Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen (1796). - This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired.
Centaurea nigra
Credit: Photo by Antonino Messina
Centaurea nigra
Credit: Photo by Antonino Messina
Centaurea nigra
Credit: Photo by Antonino Messina
Centaurea nigra
Credit: Photo by Antonino Messina
Centaurea nigra
Photo by Leo Michels. Usage: Public Domain
Centaurea nigra
Credit: Photo by Antonino Messina
Centaurea nigra
Credit: Photo by Anja Michelucci
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (CA, CT, DC, DE, IA, ID, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MT, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV), CAN (NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC), FRA (SPM)
Map for Centaurea nigra 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 nigrescens Willd. [2494]
2) Centaurea ovina Pall. ex Willd. ssp. besseriana (DC.) Dostál [excluded] [222]
3) Centaurea paniculata L. [1004]
4) Centaurea picris Pall. ex Willd. [241]
5) Centaurea scabiosa L. var. vertesensis (Boros) Soo [174]
6) Centaurea stoebe L. [378]
7) Centaurea uniflora Turra [2460]
8) Centaurella paniculata Michx. [173]
9) Centaurium erythraea Rafn [2703]
10) Centaurium pulchellum (Sw.) Druce [1807]
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