Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Centaurea diffusa
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Centaurea diffusa
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Centaurea diffusa
COMMON NAME:
Tumble Knapweed, White-flowered Knapweed
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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970 swus_page_381
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Centaurea diffusa
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Centaurea diffusa
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Centaurea diffusa
3771
Forb
Annual/Perennial
Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal & lower stem leaves often absent or withered at flowering)
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Creamy-white
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual, fertile (peripheral florets sterile)
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
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