Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Centaurea jacea
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Centaurea jacea
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Centaurea jacea
COMMON NAME:
Brown Knapweed
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Janus (Jan) Kops, Flora Batava wik_centaurea_jacea_v1
An illustration from Kops' Flora Batava, in the public domain.
Janus (Jan) Kops, Flora Batava wik_centaurea_jacea_v19
An illustration from Kops' Flora Batava, in the public domain.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Centaurea jacea
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Centaurea jacea
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Centaurea jacea
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