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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos   FAMILY Asteraceae__   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Centaurea stoebe ssp. australis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Centaurea biebersteinii

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-24-003:

Centaurea maculosa   FAMILY Asteraceae__

 

COMMON NAME:
Spotted Knapweed, Bushy Knapweed


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_cema4_001_lvd

        

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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_383

        

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JK Marlow    jkm140623_191b

June    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Outer involucral bracts w pectinate (comb-like), scarious, blackish apices, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


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JK Marlow    jkm140623_199

June    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

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JK Marlow    jkm100702_004

July    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Heads are discoid, but the large outer florets simulate ray flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

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JK Marlow    jkm100702_007

July    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

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JK Marlow    jkm100702_008

July    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Involucres urn-shaped, ~ 0.5" high, bracts tipped with a blackish fringe, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm100702_009

July    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Leaves pinnatifid with linear segments, downy-hairy, minutely roughened, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm100702_011

July    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Perennial 40-100cm tall, spreading-ascending, cespitose (tufted in clumps), per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm100702_018

July    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Central flowers narrow, bisexual; marginal flowers enlarged, sterile, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos, Spotted Knapweed, Bushy Knapweed

JK Marlow    jkm100702_050

July    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos, Spotted Knapweed, Bushy Knapweed

JK Marlow    jkm100702_052

July    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

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JK Marlow    jkm100702_064

July    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

The first year it has a basal rosette of deeply lobed leaves about 8" long, per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control (Kaufman & Kaufman, 2007).

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JK Marlow    jkm130823_476

August    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Stems floccose [bearing tufts of long soft tangled hairs], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm140831_142

August    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

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Keith Bradley    kab_c_stoebe_micran_78803

August    Hamilton County    NY

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JK Marlow    jkm121013_515516

October    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

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Cindy Roche, Bugwood.org    bug_1350048

Month Unknown        

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Ken Chamberlain, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org    bug_1553216

Month Unknown        

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John Cardina, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org    bug_1557011

Month Unknown        

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Montana Statewide Noxious Weed Awareness and Education Program Archive, Montana    bug_2153083

Month Unknown        

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Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org    bug_5271008

Month Unknown        

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Joseph M. DiTomaso, University of California - Davis, Bugwood.org    bug_5374337

Month Unknown        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Centaurea stoebe ssp. australis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Centaurea biebersteinii

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-24-003:
Centaurea maculosa   FAMILY Asteraceae__

 

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299

Forb
Biennial/Short-lived perennial

Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Common in NC, rare in GA & SC

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INVASIVE

This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Simple: pinnatifid
Basal rosette & alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Pinkish-purple
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual, fertile (peripheral florets sterile)

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Blackish-brown
Achene

 

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