Centaurea iberica Trevis. ex Spreng. is a plant in the Asteraceae family, order Asterales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Centaurea iberica Trevis. ex Spreng.

Centaurea iberica Trevis. ex Spreng.

Centaurea iberica, or Iberian knapweed, is a Centaurea species native to southeastern Europe and southwestern Asia that is an introduced noxious weed elsewhere.

Family
Genus
Centaurea
Order
Asterales
Class
Magnoliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Centaurea iberica Trevis. ex Spreng.

Centaurea iberica Trevis. ex Spreng., commonly called Iberian knapweed or Iberian star-thistle, is a species belonging to the genus Centaurea. This plant is native to southeastern Europe and southwestern Asia. Outside its native range, it is classified as an introduced species and a noxious weed.

Photo: (c) Arthur Chapman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Asterales Asteraceae Centaurea

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

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