(knapweeds)
genus Centaurea
Member of
thistles
sunflower family (family Asteraceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
flowering plants (subphylum Angiospermae)
There are no other wild species of this genus in the bay area.
Key features:
These look distinct enough from each other to not need notes.
These thistles are listed in Jepson for the bay area, but I am unlikely to encounter them.
blessed thistle
Centaurea benedicta
dusty miller
Centaurea cineraria
diffuse knapweed
Centaurea diffusa
north african knapweed
Centaurea diluta
2 observed taxons / 10 unobserved taxons / 1 key
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Chris’s observations: 47 (45 are research grade)
Taxon info: iNaturalist – Calflora – Jepson eFlora – FNA
Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora
