Centaurea nigrescens
Tyrol knapweed · Asteraceae
Also known as Centaurea bracteata, Centaurea pratensis. Common names: Short-fringed knapweed.
Centaurea nigrescens (Tyrol knapweed, short-fringed knapweed or Tyrol thistle) is a perennial plant of the star thistle genus that grows natively in Central and South-eastern Europe (from Southern Germany and Northern Italy to Romania and Bulgaria), but has also been introduced and is now a noxious
About Tyrol knapweed
Centaurea nigrescens (Tyrol knapweed, short-fringed knapweed or Tyrol thistle) is a perennial plant of the star thistle genus that grows natively in Central and South-eastern Europe (from Southern Germany and Northern Italy to Romania and Bulgaria), but has also been introduced and is now a noxious weed in the Northern United States, Canada and Southern Australia. It has purple flowers and it flowers in the summer (June to September).
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Growing & care
| Native range | Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, Switzerland |
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| Toxicity | Pets: Not documented · People: Not documented |
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