Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point

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  Centaurea americana Nutt. image
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Family Asteraceae
Centaurea americana Nutt.
American knapweed, American star-thistle, basket-flower
Centaurea: ancient Greek plant-name, poetically associated with Chiron, the Centaur, but without wholly satisfactory explanation
americana: for America
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Status: Introduced - adventive
Plant: annual forb
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