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.