VIRBOGA - Centaurea paniculata

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

Flower head; Sobradelo, Póvoa de Lanhoso, Portugal; 7/2024 © Jörn Germer

Flower heads in different development stages; Sobradelo, Póvoa de Lanhoso, Portugal; 7/2024 © Jörn Germer

Upper and lower surface of leaves; Sobradelo, Póvoa de Lanhoso, Portugal; 7/2024 © Jörn Germer

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Pitões das Júnias, Montalegre, Trás-os-Montes, Portugal; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Foliage; Sobradelo, Póvoa de Lanhoso, Portugal; 7/2024 © Jörn Germer

Habit; Sobradelo, Póvoa de Lanhoso, Portugal; 7/2024 © 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: 15.07.2024

Common name

English: Jersey knapweed

German: Rispige Flockenblume

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

Order: Asterales (229)

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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