Centaurea nigrescens
Centaurea nigrescens | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Centaurea |
Species: | C. nigrescens |
Binomial name | |
Centaurea nigrescens Willd. | |
Synonyms | |
Centaurea dubia Suter |
Centaurea nigrescens, the Tyrol knapweed, short-fringed knapweed or Tyrol thistle, is a perennial plant in the genus Centaurea that grows natively in Central and South-eastern Europe (from Southern Germany and Northern Italy to Romania and Bulgaria). It has also been introduced and is now a noxious weed in the Northern United States, Canada, and Southern Australia.[1] It has purple flowers and it flowers in the summer (June to September).
References
- ^ Formisano, Carmen; Senatore, Felice; Bancheva, Svetlana; Bruno, Maurizio; Maggio, Antonella; Rosselli, Sergio (February 2010). "Volatile Components of Aerial Parts of Centaurea nigrescens and C. stenolepis Growing Wild in the Balkans". Natural Product Communications. 5 (2): 273–278. doi:10.1177/1934578X1000500222. ISSN 1934-578X. PMID 20334143. S2CID 33985281.