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Centaurea solstitialis, the yellow star-thistle, is a species of thorny plant in the genus Centaurea, which is part of the family Asteraceae. A winter annual , it is native to the Mediterranean Basin region and invasive in many other places.
Centaurea calcitrapa is a species of flowering plant known by several common names, including common star thistle, red star-thistle [2] and purple star thistle.It is native to Europe but is known across the globe as an introduced species and often a noxious weed.
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Centaurea (/ ˌ s ɛ n t ɔː ˈ r iː ə /) [1] is a genus of over 700 species of herbaceous thistle-like flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.Members of the genus are found only north of the equator, mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere; the Middle East and surrounding regions are particularly species-rich.
Centaurea melitensis (called Maltese star-thistle [1] [2] in Europe, tocalote or tocolote in western North America) is an annual plant in the family Asteraceae, 1 to 11 decimetres (4 to 43 in) high, with resin-dotted leaves and spine-tipped phyllaries. This plant is native to the Mediterranean region of Europe and Africa.
Just across the road from where California’s fifth largest fire in recorded history ignited last week, sat a 50 acre patch of extremely dry invasive yellow-star thistle that local authorities ...
Centaurea iberica, the Iberian knapweed [1] or Iberian star-thistle, [2] is a species of Centaurea. It is native to southeastern Europe and southwestern Asia . It is known elsewhere as an introduced species and a noxious weed .
The star thistles, cornflowers and knapweeds are a group of thistle-like plants in the Genus Centaurea of the Family Asteraceae. Some 350 species of herbaceous flowering plants belong to Centaurea, most native to the Old World. One species in this genus is the Centaurea solstitialis, shown in the picture. Also called the Yellow star thistle ...