PLANTS Profile for Centaurea americana (American star-thistle)

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PLANTS Profile

Centaurea americana Nutt.
American star-thistle

Symbol:

CEAM2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Centaurea americana Nutt.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 559. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Centaurea americana Nutt.

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Distribution:
Centaurea americana Nutt.


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Related Taxa:
Centaurea americana Nutt.

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 37 species in Centaurea

Classification:
Centaurea americana Nutt.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Centaurea L. – knapweed
Species	Centaurea americana Nutt. – American star-thistle

More Accounts and Images:
Centaurea americana Nutt.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 36951.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 06:43 PM CDT