Centaurea iberica

Centaurea iberica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Cynareae
Genus: Centaurea
Species: C. iberica
Binomial name
Centaurea iberica
Trevir. & Spreng.

Centaurea iberica, the Iberian knapweed[1] or Iberian star-thistle,[2] is a species of Centaurea. It is native to southeastern Europe and southwestern Asia. It is known elsewhere as an introduced species and a noxious weed.

References

  1. ↑ "Centaurea iberica". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Centaurea iberica.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, January 14, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.