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Centaurea montana
Solitary, fringed, purple flowers with pink/red centers and black-edged involucre bracts. Flowers sit atop on unbranched stems and grow 1-2' tall. Large, green, lance-shaped leaves grow up to 7" long.
Spotted growing on the edge of a wet woodland habitat. There was only a few plants that I could see, but I noticed a lot of variation in the coloring of the flowers - from light lavender to dark purple.
Endemic to Europe, this flower escapes gardens very easily and has thus become established in North America.
Spotted on May 21, 2017
Submitted on May 21, 2017
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Thanks Polilla!