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	Centaurea nigrescens  WILLD.

Fam.: Asteraceae / Composite Fam.

Genus:  Centaurea  L.

Authors:
	WILLD.:		Carl Ludwig Willdenow (1765 - 1812), German botanist
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals

Etymology:
	Centaurea:		Greek plant name, from the centaur Chiron
	nigrescens:		blackish

Fig. 1:  Centaurea nigrescens / Black-Rayed Knapweed A Carinthia, Tscheppa - Gorge 20.8.2016

Fig. 2:  Centaurea nigrescens / Black-Rayed Knapweed A Carinthia, Tscheppa - Gorge 20.8.2016

Fig. 3:  Centaurea nigrescens / Black-Rayed Knapweed A Carinthia, Tscheppa - Gorge 20.8.2016

Fig. 4:  Centaurea nigrescens / Black-Rayed Knapweed A Carinthia, Tscheppa - Gorge 20.8.2016

Fig. 5:  Centaurea nigrescens / Black-Rayed Knapweed A Carinthia, Tscheppa - Gorge 20.8.2016

Fig. 6:  Centaurea nigrescens / Black-Rayed Knapweed A Carinthia, Tscheppa - Gorge 20.8.2016

Fig. 7:  Centaurea nigrescens / Black-Rayed Knapweed A Carinthia, Tscheppa - Gorge 20.8.2016

Fig. 8:  Centaurea nigrescens / Black-Rayed Knapweed A Carinthia, Tscheppa - Gorge 20.8.2016

Fig. 9:  Centaurea nigrescens / Black-Rayed Knapweed A Carinthia, Kleinobir 2.8.2011

Fig. 10:  Centaurea nigrescens / Black-Rayed Knapweed A Carinthia, Kleinobir 2.8.2011

Fig. 11:  Centaurea nigrescens / Black-Rayed Knapweed A Carinthia, Kleinobir 2.8.2011

Fig. 12:  Centaurea nigrescens / Black-Rayed Knapweed A Carinthia, Kleinobir 2.8.2011

Fig. 13:  Centaurea nigrescens / Black-Rayed Knapweed A Carinthia, Kleinobir 2.8.2011

Fig. 14:  Centaurea nigrescens / Black-Rayed Knapweed E Asturia, Cangas de Onis 8.8.2012

Fig. 15:  Centaurea nigrescens / Black-Rayed Knapweed I Liguria, Bonassola 4.10.2023

Fig. 16:  Centaurea nigrescens / Black-Rayed Knapweed I Liguria, Bonassola 4.10.2023

Fig. 17:  Centaurea nigrescens / Black-Rayed Knapweed I Liguria, Bonassola 4.10.2023

Fig. 18:  Centaurea nigrescens / Black-Rayed Knapweed I Liguria, Bonassola 4.10.2023

Fig. 19:  Centaurea nigrescens / Black-Rayed Knapweed I Liguria, Bonassola 4.10.2023

Fig. 20:  Centaurea nigrescens / Black-Rayed Knapweed I Liguria, Bonassola 4.10.2023

Fig. 21:  Centaurea nigrescens / Black-Rayed Knapweed I Liguria, Bonassola 4.10.2023

Fig. 22:  Centaurea nigrescens / Black-Rayed Knapweed I Liguria, Bonassola 4.10.2023

Fig. 23:  Centaurea nigrescens ? / Black-Rayed Knapweed I Perugia 3.6.2007

Fig. 24:  Centaurea nigrescens ? / Black-Rayed Knapweed I Perugia 3.6.2007

Fig. 25:  Centaurea nigrescens ? / Black-Rayed Knapweed I Perugia 3.6.2007

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