Plants of USA and Canada

Scientific or common name:

Centaurea scabiosa L.


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

Taxon Page:

Name: Centaurea scabiosa L. Taxon selection
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 918 (1753)
Rank: species

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Common names

US name U.S. name: Greater knapweed
en English name: greater centaury
English name: greater knapweed
French name: centaurée scabieuse
Italian name: Fiordaliso vedovino
German name: Skabiosen-Flockenblume

Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Centaurea scabiosa L. var. vertesensis (Boros) Soo


Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Centaurea scabiosa L. var. vertesensis (Boros) Soo



TAXONOMY

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


Page counter: 3493 ( AVG: 218.72 / 217.699 )



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Centaurea scabiosa
Centaurea scabiosa
Photo by Leo Michels. Usage: Public Domain

Centaurea scabiosa
Centaurea scabiosa
Credit: Photo by Marinella Zepigi

Centaurea scabiosa
Centaurea scabiosa
Credit: Photo by Giorgio Faggi

Centaurea scabiosa
Centaurea scabiosa
Credit: Photo by Carlo Cibei

Centaurea scabiosa
Centaurea scabiosa
Credit: Photo by Giorgio Faggi

Centaurea scabiosa
Centaurea scabiosa
Credit: Photo by Giorgio Faggi

Centaurea scabiosa
Centaurea scabiosa
Credit: Photo by Carlo Cibei

Centaurea scabiosa
Centaurea scabiosa
Credit: Photo by Marinella Zepigi

Centaurea scabiosa
Centaurea scabiosa
Credit: Photo by Marinella Zepigi

Centaurea scabiosa
Centaurea scabiosa
Credit: Photo by Sandro Maggia

Centaurea scabiosa
Centaurea scabiosa
Credit: Photo by Carlo Cibei

Centaurea scabiosa
Centaurea scabiosa
Credit: Photo by Sandro Maggia

Centaurea scabiosa
Centaurea scabiosa
Photo by Leo Michels. Usage: Public Domain

Centaurea scabiosa
Centaurea scabiosa
Credit: Photo by Graziano Propetto

Centaurea scabiosa
Centaurea scabiosa
Credit: Photo by Carlo Cibei

Centaurea scabiosa
Centaurea scabiosa
Credit: Photo by Giorgio Faggi

Centaurea scabiosa
Centaurea scabiosa
Credit: Photo by Mirna and Attilio Marzorati

Centaurea scabiosa
Centaurea scabiosa
Credit: Photo by Giorgio Faggi

Centaurea scabiosa
Centaurea scabiosa
Credit: Photo by Carlo Cibei

Centaurea scabiosa
Centaurea scabiosa
Credit: Photo by Giorgio Faggi

Centaurea scabiosa
Centaurea scabiosa
Credit: Photo by Graziano Propetto

Centaurea scabiosa
Centaurea scabiosa
Credit: Photo by Sandro Maggia

Centaurea scabiosa
Centaurea scabiosa
Credit: Photo by Carlo Cibei

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

Centaurea scabiosa
Centaurea scabiosa
Credit: Photo by Graziano Propetto

Centaurea scabiosa
Centaurea scabiosa
Credit: Photo by Marinella Zepigi

Centaurea scabiosa
Centaurea scabiosa
Credit: Photo by Giorgio Faggi

Centaurea scabiosa
Centaurea scabiosa
Credit: Photo by Giorgio Faggi

Centaurea scabiosa
Centaurea scabiosa
Credit: Photo by Carlo Cibei


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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (CT, IA, ID, IN, KY, MD, ME, MT, ND, NH, NJ, NY, OH, UT, WY), CAN (BC, NB, ON, QC)

Distributional map for Centaurea scabiosa L.
Map for Centaurea scabiosa 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 scabiosa L. var. vertesensis (Boros) Soo [173]
2) Centaurea solstitialis L. [3941]
3) Centaurea squarrosa Willd. [170]
4) Centaurea stoebe L. ssp. micranthos (Gugler) Hayek [435]
5) Centaurea trichocephala M. Bieb. ex Willd. [469]
6) Centaurea virgata Lam. [356]
7) Centaurium beyrichii (Torr. & A. Gray ex Torr.) B.L. Rob. [224]
8) Centaurium erythraea Rafn [2648]
9) Centaurium multicaule B.L. Rob. [239]
10) Centaurium umbellatum auct. non Gilib. [224]

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