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


SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Centaurea melitensis   FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

Centaurea melitensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Centaurea melitensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Centaurea melitensis

 

COMMON NAME:
Maltese Star-thistle


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image of Centaurea melitensis, Maltese Star-thistle

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_ceme2_001_lvd

        

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Centaurea melitensis   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Centaurea melitensis   FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Centaurea melitensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Centaurea melitensis

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4135

Forb
Annual/Biennial

Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas, eastwards as a ballast and mill waif (waste areas near wool-combing mills, ballast near old seaports), per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Mediterranean Europe

Waif(s)

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Invasive?

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

 

LEAVES:
Alternate (basal & lower stem leaves often absent or withered at flowering)

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Yellow
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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