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Centaurea nigrescens Willd.

Short-fringed knapweed, Tyrol knapweed

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Centaurea debeauxii Gren. & Godr. ssp. thuillieri Dostál
Centaurea dubia Suter ssp. vochinensis (Bernh. ex Rchb.) Hayek
Centaurea pratensis Thuill., non Salisb., nom. illeg.
Centaurea vochinensis Bernh. ex Rchb.

 

Centaurea nigrescens (short-fringed knapweed, Tyrol knapweed)

7/17/2019 · Oceanview, Falmouth, Maine · ≈ 5 × 3½″ (13 × 9.2 cm)

Centaurea nigrescens (short-fringed knapweed, Tyrol knapweed)

7/17/2019 · Oceanview, Falmouth, Maine · ≈ 6 × 4″ (16 × 11 cm)

Centaurea nigrescens (short-fringed knapweed, Tyrol knapweed)

7/18/2020 · Woodward Point Preserve, Brunswick, Maine · ≈ 4 × 3½″ (9.9 × 9 cm)

Centaurea nigrescens (short-fringed knapweed, Tyrol knapweed)

7/18/2020 · Woodward Point Preserve, Brunswick, Maine · ≈ 6 × 4″ (16 × 11 cm)

Centaurea nigrescens (short-fringed knapweed, Tyrol knapweed)

7/17/2019 · Oceanview, Falmouth, Maine · ≈ 5 × 4″ (12 × 10 cm)

Centaurea nigrescens (short-fringed knapweed, Tyrol knapweed)

7/7/2025 · Woodward Point Preserve, Brunswick, Maine · ≈ 3 × 4″ (8.4 × 10 cm) ID is uncertain

Centaurea nigrescens (short-fringed knapweed, Tyrol knapweed)

7/18/2020 · Woodward Point Preserve, Brunswick, Maine · ≈ 3 × 3½″ (8.5 × 8.7 cm)

Centaurea nigrescens (short-fringed knapweed, Tyrol knapweed)

7/7/2025 · Woodward Point Preserve, Brunswick, Maine · ≈ 4 × 3″ (10 × 8.5 cm) ID is uncertain

Centaurea nigrescens (short-fringed knapweed, Tyrol knapweed)

7/17/2019 · Oceanview, Falmouth, Maine · ≈ 5 × 8″ (13 × 20 cm)

Centaurea nigrescens (short-fringed knapweed, Tyrol knapweed)

7/18/2020 · Woodward Point Preserve, Brunswick, Maine · ≈ 4 × 3″ (10 × 7.6 cm)

KingdomPlantaePlants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
SubkingdomTracheobiontaVascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
DivisionMagnoliophytaFlowering plants, also known as angiosperms
ClassMagnoliopsidaDicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
SubclassAsteridaeA large class that encompasses asters
OrderAsteralesFlowering plants with a central disk flower and surrounding petals, like daisies
FamilyAsteraceaeThe aster family, which also includes daisies and sunflowers; from the Greek ἀστήρ, “star,” for the star-shaped flowers
GenusCentaureaFrom 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
Speciesnigrescens

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Centaurea nigrescens description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.

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