Flower head; Parque Natural del Garraf, Barcelona, Spain; 8/2011 © Jörn Germer
Flower head, side view; Parque Natural del Garraf, Barcelona, Spain; 8/2011 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Parque Natural del Garraf, Barcelona, Spain; 8/2011 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaf; Parque Natural del Garraf, Barcelona, Spain; 8/2011 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 1791 Date of entry: 10.09.2011 Last update: 11.01.2020
Kingdom: Plantae (2600)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2497)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2112)
Order: Asterales (219)
Family: Asteraceae (218)(family description)
Genus: Centaurea (15)
Epithet: aspera subsp. stenophylla (Dufour) Nyman (5)
aspera => rough, sharp to the touch
Climate: sub-tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: violet
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