OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Centaurea diffusa   FAMILY Asteraceae__   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Centaurea diffusa   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Centaurea diffusa

 

COMMON NAME:
Tumble Knapweed, White-flowered Knapweed


         To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.

image of Centaurea diffusa, Tumble Knapweed, White-flowered Knapweed

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_381

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Centaurea diffusa   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Centaurea diffusa   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Centaurea diffusa

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3771

Forb
Annual/Perennial

Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

map
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal & lower stem leaves often absent or withered at flowering)

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Creamy-white
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual, fertile (peripheral florets sterile)

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!



 


Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME: