Common name
English: Brownray knapweed
German: Wiesen-Flockenblume
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Asterales (229)
Family: Asteraceae (228)(family description)
Genus: Centaurea (15)
Epithet: jacea L. (2)
Synonym: Centaurea mollis Schleich.
jacea => from pre-Linnaeus genera Jacea applied for Centaurea jacea
mollis => soft, tender, usually meaning pubescent like velvet
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: purple, violet
External links
Check for Centaurea jacea at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [493] Centaurea jacea - Plants For A Future database
Literature
- [30] Lippert,W., Podlech,D. (1994): Wild Flowers of Britain and Europe. HarperCollins, London, UK.
- [17] Rothmaler, W. (1995): Exkursionsflora von Deutschland, Band 3, Gefäßpflanzen: Atlasband. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany.