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Calcitrapa
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Calcitrapa

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.

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8 branches of this group, most-observed first

purple star-thistle

speciesCentaurea calcitrapa

Iberian star-thistle

speciesCentaurea iberica

Centaurea procurrens

speciesCentaurea procurrens

Eastern Star-thistle

speciesCentaurea hyalolepis

Centaurea pallescens

speciesCentaurea pallescens

Centaurea pontica

speciesCentaurea pontica

Centaurea bofilliana

speciesCentaurea bofilliana

Centaurea torreana

speciesCentaurea torreana

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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 972274.