Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Centaurea nigrescens
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Tyrol Knapweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Centaurea nigrescens
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Centaurea nigrescens
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Centaurea nigrescens
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Centaurea nigrescens
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Centaurea transalpina
INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Centaurea dubia ssp. vochinensis
COMMON NAME:
Tyrol Knapweed, Short-fringed Knapweed
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cevo2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm121006_361
October Washington County VA
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Outer flowers of the heads larger than others, per Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: Northeastern US (Clemants & Gracie, 2006).
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JK Marlow jkm121006_362
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Involucral bracts with a triangular blackish tip, with a fringe, per Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: Northeastern US (Clemants & Gracie, 2006).
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JK Marlow jkm121006_363
October Washington County VA
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Heads relatively narrow, the involucres black and green, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of Centaurea
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JK Marlow jkm121006_366
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JK Marlow jkm121006_368
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Peripheral florets sterile, expanded & exceeding corollas of fertile florets, per Flora of North America.
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Stem leaves unlobed, less than or equal to 6" long, per Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: Northeastern US (Clemants & Gracie, 2006).
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JK Marlow jkm121006_375
October Washington County VA
Virginia Creeper Trail
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Centaurea nigrescens
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Centaurea nigrescens
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Centaurea nigrescens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Centaurea nigrescens
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Centaurea nigrescens
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Centaurea transalpina
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Centaurea dubia ssp. vochinensis
3526
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Rare in NC (increasing rapidly in VA)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Pinkish-purple
Rays: Pinkish-purple
Inferior ovary
Bisexual, all fertile or peripheral florets sterile
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control (Kaufman & Kaufman, 2007) p290
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: Northeastern US (Clemants & Gracie, 2006) p024
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