Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point
Vascular Plants
Plants of Wisconsin
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Photographer:
Michael L. Charters
from USDA Plants website
Family
Asteraceae
Centaurea melitensis L.
Maltese star-thistle
Centaurea
:
ancient Greek plant-name, poetically associated with Chiron, the Centaur, but without wholly satisfactory explanation
melitensis
:
of or from Malta
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Status:
Introduced - adventive
Plant:
annual forb
(Glossary)
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