Centaurea stoebe L.

ASTERACEAE

- Aster family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Name: Centaurea stoebe L.

Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 913 (1753)
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Spotted knapweed

English name: spotted knapweed

French name: centaurée maculée ou tachetée

Italian name: Fiordaliso dei pascoli

German name: kleinköpfige Rispen-Flockenblume

Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Biennial, Perennial

Synonyms:

Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Centaurea stoebe L. ssp. micranthos (Gugler) Hayek

TAXONOMY

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

Page counter: 379 ( AVG: 221.19 / 219.911 )

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Centaurea stoebe
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Trieste, località Opicina., TS, FVG, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Centaurea stoebe
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Merano, margini orientali del centro abitato, giardino del Castel Trauttmansdorff., BZ, Trentino Alto-Adige, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Centaurea stoebe
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Boemia Centrale, Distretto di Praga, fiume Vltava., Repubblica Ceca, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Centaurea stoebe
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Alsazia, Dipartimento dell'Alto Reno, Fessenheim, di fronte alla centrale nucleare., Francia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Centaurea stoebe
Credit: Photo by Enrico Romani

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, NB, NS, ON, QC, YT)

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Map for Centaurea stoebe 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 stoebe L. ssp. micranthos (Gugler) Hayek [441]
2) Centaurea transalpina Schleich. ex DC. [277]
3) Centaurea trichocephala M. Bieb. ex Willd. [474]
4) Centaurea uniflora Turra ssp. nervosa (Willd.) Bonnier & Layens [635]
5) Centaurea virgata Lam. ssp. squarrosa (Willd.) Gugler [267]
6) Centaurium beyrichii (Torr. & A. Gray ex Torr.) B.L. Rob. [228]
7) Centaurium erythraea Rafn [2709]
8) Centaurium muehlenbergii (Griseb.) W. Wight ex Piper [237]
9) Centaurium tenuiflorum (Hoffmanns. & Link) Fritsch [836]
10) Centella erecta (L. f.) Fernald [303]

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