Tyrol Knapweed

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Centaurea nigrescens
Tyrol Thistle
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Cynareae
Genus: Centaurea
Species: C. nigrescens
Binomial name
Centaurea nigrescens
Willd.
Synonyms

Centaurea dubia Suter

Tyrol Knapweed, Short-fringed Knapweed or Tyrol Thistle (Centaurea nigrescens) is a perennial plant of the star thistle genus that grows natively in Central and South-eastern Europe (from Southern Germany and Northern Italy to Romania and Bulgaria), but has also been introduced and is now a noxious weed in the Northern United States, Canada and Southern Australia. It has purple flowers and it flowers in the summer (June to September).


Personal tools
Namespaces
Variants
Actions
Navigation
Interaction
Toolbox
Print/export
Languages