Brown Knapweed

Centaurea jacea

Description:

Centaurea jacea is a species of herbaceous perennial plants in the genus Centaurea native to dry meadows and open woodland throughout Europe. It grows to 10–80 cm tall, and flowers mainly from June to September. - from Wikipedia

Notes:

Wild flower. I think this is Aster family, but I am not sure.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Jopy 10 years ago

Brown Knapweed

Centaurea jacea Centaurea jacea

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Jopy 10 years ago

I asked myself the same question, maybe because of brown calyx :) in Croatian is meadow knapweed...

RiekoS 10 years ago

Thank you so much Jopy. I added ID. I don't know why it is called "brown" because the flowers are lavender color.

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RiekoS

New York, USA

Spotted on Aug 18, 2013
Submitted on Oct 11, 2013

Brown Knapweed

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Brown Knapweed

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New York, USA

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