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Common name

English: Salamanca knapweed

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Asterales (224)

        Family: Asteraceae (223)(family description)

          Genus: Mantisalca (1)

            Epithet: salmantica (L.) Briq. & Cavillier (1)

Synonyms: Calcitrapa altissima Lam., Centaurea salmantica L.

altissima => very high (referring to altitude), (altus, high)

salmantica => from ancient Salmantica, now Salamanca, in Spain

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: violet

External links

Check for Mantisalca salmantica at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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