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Centaurea jacea L.

Brown Knapweed

Asteraceae

Traits


    20–80 cm tall, without latex. plants: greenish, glabrous to sparsely hirsute. inflorescence: capitula (with involucres). capitula: only with tubular-flowers; capitula-base: with receptacular bracts or bristles. outer involucral bracts: with a scarious appendage at th...

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Distribution

Distribution in Europe


Centaurea jacea

Legend

The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.

Distribution in Germany

Centaurea jacea

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Natural, established occurences
Artificial occurences

The color intensity reflects the species' abundance

Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)

Ecology

Centaurea jacea

Centaurea jacea

Status

  • native

Habitat

  • grassland & dwarf shrub heaths, ruderal vegetation

  • in dry habitats

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