Species: Centaurea biebersteinii
Spotted Starthistle
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Anthophyta
Class
Dicotyledoneae
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Centaurea
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
Spotted Knapweed - spotted knapweed
Informal Taxonomy
Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Aster Family
Formal Taxonomy
Plantae - Anthophyta - Dicotyledoneae - Asterales - Asteraceae - Centaurea - as a synonym. Native to Europe, exotic in North America, according to Jepson Manual.
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
GNR
Global Status Last Changed
1993-11-10
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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