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Spotted Knapweed | Centaurea stoebe

May contain: flower, plant, daisy, and thistle
Photo Credit: Leslie J. Mehrhoff
May contain: flower, plant, herbal, and herbs
Photo Credit: Leslie J. Mehrhoff
May contain: plant, flower, daisy, herbal, herbs, and vegetation
Photo Credit: Bruce Ackley
May contain: flower, plant, daisy, and thistle
May contain: flower, plant, herbal, and herbs
May contain: plant, flower, daisy, herbal, herbs, and vegetation

Biennial or short-lived perennial; multiple stems with several coming from each rosette. Leaves are oblong and wider at the tip. Leaves and stems are blue-gray in color. Flowers are purple, tips of flower heads are urn-shaped. Bracts are usually black, thus the name “spotted”.

 

Plant Details

Habitat NotesRoadsides, gravel bars, pasutres, grasslands.
Mature Height3’