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Centaurea diluta

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Centaurea diluta

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species of plant

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Vinony's link graph records 4 inbound references to Centaurea diluta, and connects out to Europe, Africa and plant.

Vinony files it under Centaurea, Flora of Malta and Taxonbars with 25–29 taxon IDs.

Vinony links it to 10 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderAsterales
  5. FamilyAsteraceae
Native toAlgeria, Azores, Canary Is., Madeira, Morocco, Spain, Tunisia
Observations recorded2,088

Annuals or perennials, to 200 cm. Stems simple proximally, openly branched distally, glabrous or thinly hairy. Leaves thinly pubescent, basal and proximal cauline petiolate, blades 10–15 cm, margins coarsely pinnately lobed; mid cauline sessile or short-petiolate, short-decurrent, blades obovate or narrowly oblong, 2–8 cm, entire to pinnately lobed; distal cauline oblong, entire to irregularly lobed. Heads radiant, in open cymiform arrays, pedunculate. Involucres ovoid, 8–15 mm diam. Principal phyllaries: bodies greenish, ovate, scarious-margined, appendages stramineous to brown, scarious, fringed with slender teeth, tipped by slender spines 1–5 mm. Innermost phyllaries unarmed with brown, expanded, lacerate appendages. Florets many; corollas pink-purple, those of sterile florets 25–30 mm, enlarged, raylike, those of fertile florets ± 20 mm. Cypselae tan, 3–3.5 mm; pappi many. white, unequal bristles 3–5 mm. 2n = 20.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
264
With media
212
Family
Asteraceae
Collections
IRVC, CAS, SD, DAV, SDSU, UCR
Recorded in
United States, United Kingdom

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Centaurea
Image
Centaurea diluta (37.548916,-4.640892,Co,IV,MFR) D3S2 01c.jpg
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taxon name
Centaurea diluta
taxon rank
species
taxon common name
North African knapweed
Commons category
Centaurea diluta
short name
C. diluta
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