VIRBOGA - Centaurea sphaerocephala

Flower head; Salgueiros, Vila Nova De Gaia, Porto, Portugal; 5/2013 © Jörn Germer

Flower head; Moledo do Minho, Viana do Castelo, Portugal; 5/2011 © Jörn Germer

Flower, side view; Moledo do Minho, Viana do Castelo, Portugal; 5/2011 © Jörn Germer

Infructescence; Salgueiros, Vila Nova De Gaia, Porto, Portugal; 5/2013 © Jörn Germer

Upper surface of leaves; Salgueiros, Vila Nova De Gaia, Porto, Portugal; 5/2013 © Jörn Germer

Lower surface of leaf; Salgueiros, Vila Nova De Gaia, Porto, Portugal; 5/2013 © Jörn Germer

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Moledo do Minho, Viana do Castelo, Portugal; 5/2011 © Jörn Germer

Leaf insertion; Moledo do Minho, Viana do Castelo, Portugal; 5/2011 © Jörn Germer

Habit; Salgueiros, Vila Nova De Gaia, Porto, Portugal; 5/2013 © Jörn Germer

Habit; Moledo do Minho, Viana do Castelo, Portugal; 5/2011 © Jörn Germer

Identifier: 1689
Date of entry: 23.05.2011
Last update: 11.01.2020

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2635)

Phylum: Tracheophyta (2573)

Class: Magnoliopsida (2146)

Order: Asterales (237)

Genus: Centaurea (15)

Epithet: sphaerocephala L. (2)

Subspecies: polyacantha (Willd.) Dostál

sphaerocephala => round-headed

Climate: temperate

Habit: herb

Flower colour: purple, violet

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