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Asteraceae — Daisy Family

2310 species · Plants

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Celmisia gracilenta Hook.fil.

Celmisia gracilenta, the common mountain daisy, is an endemic New Zealand alpine herb with slender grass-like leaves and white flowers.

Celmisia semicordata Petrie

Celmisia semicordata Petrie is a small New Zealand South Island plant with white flowers and green-gray leaves, found from coastal to alpine areas.

Celmisia sessiliflora Hook.fil.

Celmisia sessiliflora Hook.fil. is a low white-flowered sessile plant found only in New Zealand’s South Island alpine and subalpine areas.

Celmisia spectabilis Hook.fil.

Celmisia spectabilis is a robust New Zealand alpine daisy with leathery felt-backed leaves and showy white-yellow flower heads.

Centaurea aspera L.

Centaurea aspera, the rough star-thistle, is a Centaurea species native to Europe and found in New York, US.

Centaurea benedicta (L.) L.

Centaurea benedicta, or blessed thistle, is an annual thistle-like Asteraceae plant native to Eurasia, used in folk medicine and as a food flavoring.

Centaurea calcitrapa L.

Centaurea calcitrapa, Red Star-thistle, is a spiny flowering plant with recorded traditional food uses in parts of Europe.

Centaurea cyanus L.

Centaurea cyanus L. is an annual flowering plant with blue flowerheads, native to temperate Europe and used ornamentally and medicinally.

Centaurea diffusa Lam.

Centaurea diffusa Lam., or diffuse knapweed, is an annual/biennial herb native to Eastern Europe and Western Asia.

Centaurea iberica Trevis. ex Spreng.

Centaurea iberica, or Iberian knapweed, is a Centaurea species native to southeastern Europe and southwestern Asia that is an introduced noxious weed elsewhere.

Centaurea jacea L.

Centaurea jacea (brown knapweed) is a European herbaceous perennial that is invasive when introduced to North America.

Centaurea melitensis L.

Centaurea melitensis is an annual thistle-like Asteraceae plant native to the Mediterranean, now introduced to North America and Pacific islands.

Centaurea montana L.

Centaurea montana is an endemic European perennial flowering plant in the Asteraceae family grown ornamentally for pollinator gardens.

Centaurea nervosa Willd.

Centaurea nervosa Willd. is a Centaurea species native to alpine and mountain regions of several European countries.

Centaurea nigra L.

Centaurea nigra is a perennial herb beneficial to native biodiversity in its range but an invasive weed elsewhere.

Centaurea nigrescens Willd.

Centaurea nigrescens is a purple-flowered perennial knapweed native to Europe and an introduced noxious weed in North America and Australia.

Centaurea orientalis L.

The original material of Centaurea orientalis L. consists of Herb. Linn. No. 1030.33 at H and LINN, and an icon in Haller's 1744 work in Philos. Trans.