Flower head; Pitões das Júnias, Montalegre, Trás-os-Montes, Portugal; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer
Flower, side view; Pitões das Júnias, Montalegre, Trás-os-Montes, Portugal; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaf; Pitões das Júnias, Montalegre, Trás-os-Montes, Portugal; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Pitões das Júnias, Montalegre, Trás-os-Montes, Portugal; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 1237 Date of entry: 03.04.2010 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Jersey knapweed
German: Rispige Flockenblume
Kingdom: Plantae (2597)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2494)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2109)
Order: Asterales (219)
Family: Asteraceae (218)(family description)
Genus: Centaurea (15)
Epithet: paniculata L. (6)
paniculata => having panicles or tufts of flowers
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: purple, violet
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