Centaurea jacea Linnaeus

Centaurea jacea Linnaeus is an accepted species name sensu FNA Ed. Comm., 2006a.

Hybrid parent of

Centaurea ×gerstlaueri Erdner.

Vernacular names

• centaurée jacée Darbyshire et al., 2000
• jacée des prés FNA Ed. Comm., 2006a

• brown knapweed FNA Ed. Comm., 2006a
• brown-rayed knapweed FNA Ed. Comm., 2006a

Synonyms

• Jacea pratensis Lamarck FNA Ed. Comm., 2006a

Distribution

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• Native
• Introduced
• Ephemeral
• Excluded
• Extirpated
• Doubtful
• Absent

Classification

Class	Equisetopsida
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Superorder	Asteranae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae
Subfamily	Carduoideae
Tribe	Cardueae
Genus	Centaurea
Species	Centaurea jacea

Habit

Herb