Asteraceae/ Astéracées - Aster Family
Centaurea scabiosa L. [X]
En: scabious knapweed, greater knapweed
Fr: centaurée scabieuse
Provincial Status: X [excluded]
Range: Eurasia; introduced in NB, ON, BC, ephemeral in QC.
Fr: centaurée scabieuse
Provincial Status: X [excluded]
Range: Eurasia; introduced in NB, ON, BC, ephemeral in QC.
[=Acrocentron scabiosa (L.) Á.Löve & D.Löve]
[=Colymbada scabiosa (L.) Holub]
[=Lopholoma scabiosa (L.) Cass.]
[=Phrygia major Gray, nom. illeg. superfl.]
[=Sagmen scabiosa (L.) Hill]
[Centaurea scabiosa does not occur in NL; reports of this species from NL were likely based on misidentifications of other Centaurea species.]