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2. Centaurea solstitialis - Wikipedia

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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.

3. Puccinia jaceae var. solstitialis - Wikipedia

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   Puccinia jaceae var. solstitialis is a species of fungus in the Pucciniaceae family. It is a plant pathogen that causes rust.Native to Eurasia, it is the first fungal pathogen approved in the United States as a biological control agent to curb the growth of the invasive weed yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis).

4. Larinus curtus - Wikipedia

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   Larinus curtus is a species of true weevil known as the yellow starthistle flower weevil. It is native to Southern Italy, Southern Europe, the Middle East and the Caucasus . [ 1 ] It is used as an agent of biological pest control against the noxious weed yellow starthistle ( Centaurea solstitialis ) in the United States.

5. Centaurea - Wikipedia

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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.

6. List of Asterales of Montana - Wikipedia

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   Yellow starthistle. There are at least 445 members of the aster and sunflower order, Asterales, found in Montana. [1] Some of these species are exotics (not native to Montana) [2] and some species have been designated as Species of Concern. [3] Black sagebrush Black-eyed Susan Common yarrow Twin arnica Great blanket-flower

7. US approves releasing non-native insect to control thistle

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   Federal officials have approved turning loose a non-native insect to feed on an invasive thistle that sprouts in everything from rangelands to vineyards to wilderness areas, mainly in the U.S. West.

8. Bangasternus orientalis - Wikipedia

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   Most of the damage to the plant is done by the larva, which destroys 50-60% of the seeds in a given flower head. It is host-specific, attacking only yellow starthistle and sometimes purple starthistle (C. calcitrapa); it does not attack any native plants. This weevil is native to southern Europe and the Mediterranean. It was first released as a ...

9. Chaetorellia succinea - Wikipedia

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   Chaetorellia succinea is a species of tephritid fruit fly that was accidentally released in 1991 into the United States and had since become one of the major biological pest controls against the noxious weed yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis).