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Centaurea sp.
Flower with a blue disk and white trumpet ray flowers shooting out the sides. The flower grows out of a cup of bracts that resemble scales and have dark on the edges. The leaves are soft and fuzzy.
This plant is not native and most of this genus are considered invasive in California.
Aka starthistle and centaureas
Spotted on Apr 13, 2012
Submitted on Apr 13, 2012
2 Comments
I think it is too. Too bad this genus is so invasive in Cali.
Very pretty.