Centaurea (genus)
Esquema
Jerarquía
Eukaryota (domain) > planta (vegetación) > Angiospermae (division) > Magnoliopsida (class) > Asterales (order) > Asteraceae (family)
Descripción
Genus containing 350-600 species of herbaceous, annual and perennial, thistle-like flowering plants, such as the garden cornflower (C. cyanus) and the basket-flower (C. americana). Others are variously known as knapweed, thornless thistle, cardo-del-valle, dusty miller, blue bottle, mountain bluet, sweet-sultan, hard heads, and Spanish buttons.
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Otros términos
- knapweed genus (genus) [en]
- star thistle genus (genus) [en]