Scientific Name
Centaurea maculosa
Common Name
Spotted knapweed
Wildflowers
Plant Fact Sheets
Consumer Hort
Life Cycle:
Annual
Height:
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Flower/fruit:
Up to 1 inch lavender flower heads with harsh, prickly, black-tipped bract
Flowering Season:
Early to late summer
Foliage:
4 to 8 inch, highly dissected leaves with linear segments; highly branched wiry stems
Site:
Fields, waste places, roadsides
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