Brown Knapweed

Centaurea jacea

Summary 5

Centaurea jacea (brown knapweed or brownray knapweed) is a species of herbaceous perennial plants in the genus Centaurea native to dry meadows and open woodland throughout Europe. It grows to 10–80 centimetres (4–31 in) tall, and flowers mainly from June to September.

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) Dendroica cerulea, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/33472394@N00/4895828772
  2. (c) Andreas Rockstein, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/74738817@N07/34776945683/
  3. (c) Boris Lariushin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/herbslariushin/8764515969/
  4. anonymous, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Illustration_Centaurea_jacea0.jpg
  5. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaurea_jacea

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