Family: Asteraceae
Centaurea aspera
Citation:
L., Sp. Pl. 916 (1753).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: None
Description:
Perennial to 50 cm high; stem much-branched, ribbed, minutely scabrous, becoming woody at the base; basal leaves oblanceolate, narrowed at the base, lyrate-pinnatifid, soon lost; cauline leaves narrowly oblanceolate to oblong, the lower ones pinnatifid, the upper sinuate to entire, 2-6 cm long, 2-12 mm wide, dark-green, scabrous.
Capitula solitary, 10-20 mm diam.; involucre campanulate, 10-20 mm long; bracts lanceolate, pale or reddish, glabrous; appendages patent, with 3-5 subequal spines 1-3 mm long, radiating from a central point, straw-coloured; outer florets patent; corollas purple.
Achenes c. 4 mm long, pallid, streaked reddish; pappus of bristles 1-2 mm long.
Distribution:
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On roadsides.
S.Aust.: SL. Native to southwestern Europe.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: most of the year.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
No text
Author:
Not yet available
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