Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Asteraceae

Centaurea - [maps | photos]

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

         • Cnicus benedictus L.

• Centaurea cyanus * L.
  Common Name: garden cornflower

• Centaurea nigrescens * Willd.
  Common Name: Tyrol knapweed

• Centaurea solstitialis * L.
  Common Name: yellow star-thistle

• Centaurea stoebe * L.
  Common Name: spotted knapweed
  Synonyms:
  

         • Centaurea maculosa auct. non Lam.

         • Centaurea biebersteinii DC.

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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).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

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