Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point

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  Centaurea nigrescens Willd. image
Photographer: from USDA Plants website           
Family Asteraceae
Centaurea nigrescens Willd.
Tyrol knapweed, Vochin knapweed
Centaurea: ancient Greek plant-name, poetically associated with Chiron, the Centaur, but without wholly satisfactory explanation
nigrescens: blackish
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Status: Introduced - adventive
Plant: perennial forb
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Synonyms 
Centaurea dubia Suter subsp. vochinensis (Bernh.ex Rchb.) Hayek
Centaurea vochinensis Bernh. ex Rchb.

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