Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Centaurea ×moncktonii
FAMILY
Asteraceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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Read more about Meadow Knapweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
(?)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Centaurea ×moncktonii
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Centaurea monctonii
(?)
Flora of Virginia (Weakley, Ludwig & Townsend, 2012)
Centaurea debeauxii ssp. thuillieri
COMMON NAME:
Meadow Knapweed
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Centaurea ×moncktonii
FAMILY
Asteraceae
(?)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Centaurea ×moncktonii
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Centaurea monctonii
(?)
Flora of Virginia (Weakley, Ludwig & Townsend, 2012)
Centaurea debeauxii ssp. thuillieri
4174
Forb
Perennial
Non-native: Europe
Documented growing wild in - NC -
Rare
Look for it on roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Pinkish-purple
(rarely white)
Rays: Pinkish-purple
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
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