Centaurea diffusa: UW-Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium: Plant Details Page

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Family Asteraceae
Centaurea diffusa Lam.
spreading knapweed, tumble knapweed, white knapweed
Centaurea: ancient Greek plant-name, poetically associated with Chiron, the Centaur, but without wholly satisfactory explanation
diffusa: spreading

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Status:	Introduced - adventive
Plant:	annual/biennial forb
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Acosta diffusa (Lam.) Soják

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