OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Rhaponticum repens   FAMILY Asteraceae__   Go to FSUS key

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Acroptilon repens   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH The families and genera of vascular plants (Kadereit & Jeffrey, 2007)

Rhaponticum repens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Acroptilon repens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Centaurea repens

 

COMMON NAME:
 Russian Knapweed

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image of Rhaponticum repens, Russian Knapweed

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_385

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Rhaponticum repens   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Acroptilon repens   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH The families and genera of vascular plants (Kadereit & Jeffrey, 2007)
 Rhaponticum repens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
 Acroptilon repens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
 Centaurea repens

 

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3845

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Eurasia

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INVASIVE

This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal rosette usually absent or withered at flowering)

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Disc: Pinkish-purple
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual, fertile

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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