Common name
English: Brownray knapweed
German: Wiesen-Flockenblume
English: Brownray knapweed
German: Wiesen-Flockenblume
Kingdom: Plantae (2659)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)
Order: Asterales (224)
Family: Asteraceae (223)(family description)
Genus: Centaurea (15)
Epithet: jacea L. (2)
Synonym: Centaurea mollis Schleich.
jacea => from pre-Linnaeus genera Jacea applied for Centaurea jacea
mollis => soft, tender, usually meaning pubescent like velvet
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: purple, violet
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