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Family: Asteraceae
Centaurea nigrescens

Citation: Willd., Sp. Pl. 3:2288 (1803) subsp. nigrescens.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Perennial herb to 1 m high; stems erect, branched, ribbed in the upper portion, slightly pubescent; basal leaves lanceolate, narrowed at the base, acute, more or less serrate, finely scabrous; cauline leaves lanceolate, slightly serrate to entire, 1-6 cm long, finely scabrous; capitula solitary or in groups of 2 or 3; involucre ovoid, 12-14 mm long; bracts ovate, pallid, glabrous; appendages triangular, 1-1.5 mm long, pectinate, dark-brown; outer florets patent; corollas pale-purple.

Achenes c. 3 mm long; pappus a ring of microscopic bristles.

Distribution:    Native to Europe.

Conservation status: naturalised

Flowering time: March — April.


SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: Recorded from Mt Gambier and Millicent in 1936, but not collected subsequently.

Author: Not yet available


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