Common name
English: Annual valerian
German: Fußangel-Spornblume
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2616)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2519)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2128)
Order: Dipsacales (33)
Family: Caprifoliaceae (18)(family description)
Genus: Centranthus (2)
Epithet: calcitrapa (L.) Dufr. (1)
calcitrapa => caltrop (an antipersonnel weapon made up of sharp spines arranged in such a manner that one of them always points upward from a stable base)
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: violet, pink, white