Centaurea diluta Aiton is a plant in the Asteraceae family, order Asterales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Centaurea diluta Aiton

Centaurea diluta Aiton

Centaurea diluta is a Centaurea species native to southwestern Europe and northern Africa.

Family
Genus
Centaurea
Order
Asterales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Centaurea diluta Aiton

Centaurea diluta Aiton, commonly known as the lesser star-thistle, North African knapweed, or pale-flowered centaury, is a species belonging to the genus Centaurea. This plant is native to southwestern Europe and northern Africa.

Photo: (c) James Bailey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by James Bailey · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Asterales Asteraceae Centaurea

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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