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Solstitiaria
Centaurea (/ˌsɛntɔːˈriːə/) is a genus of over 700 species of herbaceous thistle-like flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Members of the genus are found only north of the equator, mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere; the Middle East and surrounding regions are particularly species-rich.
9 branches of this group, most-observed first
Maltese star-thistle
speciesCentaurea melitensis
Yellow Star-Thistle
speciesCentaurea solstitialis
Centaurea sicula
speciesCentaurea sicula
North African knapweed
speciesCentaurea diluta
sicilian star-thistle
speciesCentaurea sulphurea
Egyptian star-thistle
speciesCentaurea aegyptiaca
Centaurea idaea
speciesCentaurea idaea
Woolly Star-thistle
speciesCentaurea eriophora
Centaurea lanulata
speciesCentaurea lanulata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1434720.