Centaurea dubia Suter ssp. vochinensis (Bernh. ex Rchb.) Hayek
Centaurea pratensis Thuill., non Salisb., nom. illeg.
Centaurea vochinensis Bernh. ex Rchb.
Centaurea nigrescens Willd.
Short-fringed knapweed, Tyrol knapweed
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7/7/2025 · Woodward Point Preserve, Brunswick, Maine · ≈ 3 × 4″ (8.4 × 10 cm)
ID is uncertain 
7/7/2025 · Woodward Point Preserve, Brunswick, Maine · ≈ 4 × 3″ (10 × 8.5 cm)
ID is uncertain 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Asteridae | A large class that encompasses asters |
| Order | Asterales | Flowering plants with a central disk flower and surrounding petals, like daisies |
| Family | Asteraceae | The aster family, which also includes daisies and sunflowers; from the Greek ἀστήρ, “star,” for the star-shaped flowers |
| Genus | Centaurea | From the Latin and a reference to the Centaur Chiron who was supposed to have discovered the medicinal uses of a plant in Greece that came to be called Centaury |
| Species | nigrescens |
Centaurea nigrescens description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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