Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Common Name Results

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Common Name: blessed thistle
Family Name: Asteraceae

• Centaurea benedicta * (L.) L.
  Common Name: blessed thistle
  Synonyms:
  

         • Cnicus benedictus L.

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
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