PLANTS Profile for Centaurea scabiosa (greater knapweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Centaurea scabiosa L.
greater knapweed

Symbol:

CESC2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I


Common Names:
	scabious knapweed
	greater centaury

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Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 3: 558. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Centaurea scabiosa L.

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Synonyms:
Centaurea scabiosa L.

CESCV2

Centaurea scabiosa L. var. vertesensis (Boros) Soo

Distribution:
Centaurea scabiosa L.


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

Related Taxa:
Centaurea scabiosa L.

View 477 genera in Asteraceae, 37 species in Centaurea

Classification:
Centaurea scabiosa L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Centaurea L. – knapweed
Species	Centaurea scabiosa L. – greater knapweed

Introduced Information:
Centaurea scabiosa L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Centaurea scabiosa L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 36971.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/13/2008 04:02 AM MDT