Contains 8 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics

Centaurea L.
KNAPWEED

Classification

Magnoliophyta - Flowering Plants
Magnoliopsida
Asteridae
Asterales
Centaurea

Citation

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TYPE: Centaurea paniculata Linnaeus, typ. cons.

Species

Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Centaurea cyanus Bachelor's button Not Native FACU (NWPL)
Centaurea diffusa Spreading star thistle Not Native UPL (NWPL)
Centaurea jacea Brown-rayed knapweed Not Native FACU (NWPL)
Centaurea nigra Black knapweed; Lesser knapweed Not Native
Centaurea nigrescens Tyrol knapweed; Black knapweed Not Native UPL (NWPL)
Centaurea solstitialis Barnady's thistle; Yellow star thistle Not Native UPL (NWPL)
Centaurea stoebe Spotted centaurea; Spotted knapweed Not Native UPL (NWPL)
Centaurea stoebe subsp. micranthos Spotted centaurea; Spotted knapweed Not Native UPL (NWPL)

Identification Key

No identification key is available for this family.

Genus Synonyms

Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
No synonyms found.