Flower head; Salitja, Vilobí d'Onyar, Girona, Catalunya, Spain; 7/2011 © Jörn Germer
Flower head, side view; Salitja, Vilobí d'Onyar, Girona, Catalunya, Spain; 7/2011 © Jörn Germer
Flower head bud; Salitja, Vilobí d'Onyar, Girona, Catalunya, Spain; 7/2011 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 2138
Date of entry: 29.06.2013
Last update: 11.01.2020
Kingdom: Plantae (2611)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2511)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2123)
Order: Asterales (221)
Family: Asteraceae (219)(family description)
Genus: Centaurea (15)
Epithet: jacea L. (2)
Subspecies: vinyalsii (Sennen) O.Bolòs & al.
jacea => from pre-Linnaeus genera Jacea applied for Centaurea jacea
vinyalsii => in honor of Francisco Viñals y Torreno (1863-1934), Spanish historiographer and physician
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: purple, violet