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Spotted Knapweed
Centaurea maculosa |
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| Family |
Composite (Compositae) |
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| Bloom |
Summer, Fall |
| Habitat |
Dry, sun, meadows, fields,
roadsides |
| Status |
Non-Native, INVASIVE species |
| Cycle |
Biennial |
| Height |
1-4 feet |
| Flower |
Each plant produces 25-100
lavender-purple flower heads. Each flower is a shaggy blossom about 1"
wide. Flowers are at the end of the stems. Central part of the
flower consists of many individual tubular flowers. Each flower is
surrounded underneath by a black-tipped bracts. |
| Leaf |
Lower leaves are deeply lobed
4-8" long with many narrow lobes. There are only a few leaves on the
stems and they are much smaller. |
| Notes |
Stems are rough,
wiry and grayish-green. |
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