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	Centaurea scabiosa  L.

Fam.: Asteraceae / Composite Fam.

Genus:  Centaurea  L.

Authors:
	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
	scabiosa:		mangy

Fig. 1:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed D Neuleiningen 16.6.2006

Fig. 2:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed D Neuleiningen 16.6.2006

Fig. 3:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed D Neuleiningen 16.6.2006

Fig. 4:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed D Hemsbach 8.3.2014

Fig. 5:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed D Hemsbach 8.3.2014

Fig. 6:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed D Idar-Oberstein 25.6.2011

Fig. 7:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed D Pforzheim 24.9.2005

Fig. 8:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed D Hechingen 21.6.2014

Fig. 9:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed D Hechingen 20.6.2015

Fig. 10:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed D Hechingen 20.6.2015

Fig. 11:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed D Hechingen 20.6.2015

Fig. 12:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed D Hechingen 20.6.2015

Fig. 13:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed D Hechingen 20.6.2015

Fig. 14:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed D Hechingen 20.6.2015

Fig. 15:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed D Pfronten 28.6.2016

Fig. 16:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed D Pfronten 28.6.2016

Fig. 17:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed D Pfronten 28.6.2016

Fig. 18:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed D Pfronten 28.6.2016

Fig. 19:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed (seed stem) D Mannheim 10.10.2010

Fig. 20:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed (color variant) D Lampertheim 15.10.2006

Fig. 21:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed (color variant) D Lampertheim 15.10.2006

Fig. 22:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed (color variant) D Soest 20.6.2022

Fig. 23:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed D Soest 20.6.2022

Fig. 24:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed D Köln-Zündorf 23.5.2018

Fig. 25:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed D Köln-Zündorf 23.5.2018

Fig. 26:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed D Köln-Zündorf 23.5.2018

Fig. 27:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed D Köln-Zündorf 23.5.2018

Fig. 28:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed D Köln-Zündorf 23.5.2018

Fig. 29:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed D Köln-Zündorf 23.5.2018

Fig. 30:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed A Seewinkel, Illmitz 23.9.2022

Fig. 31:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed A Seewinkel, Illmitz 23.9.2022

Fig. 32:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed A Hainburg 25.9.2022

Fig. 33:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed A Hainburg 25.9.2022

Fig. 34:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed A Hainburg 25.9.2022

Fig. 35:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed A Hainburg 25.9.2022

Fig. 36:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed A Hainburg 25.9.2022

Fig. 37:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed A Hainburg 25.9.2022

Fig. 38:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed A Hainburg 25.9.2022

Fig. 39:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed A Hainburg 25.9.2022

Fig. 40:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed A Hainburg 25.9.2022

Fig. 41:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed A Hainburg 25.9.2022

Fig. 42:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed A Hainburg 14.5.2022

Fig. 43:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed A Hainburg 14.5.2022

Fig. 44:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed A Schwarzau im Gebirge 29.6.2020

Fig. 45:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed A Schwarzau im Gebirge 29.6.2020

Fig. 46:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed A Schwarzau im Gebirge 29.6.2020

Fig. 47:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed A Schwarzau im Gebirge 29.6.2020

Fig. 48:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed Croatia, Velebit 16.7.2007

Fig. 49:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed Croatia, Velebit 16.7.2007

Fig. 50:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed Croatia, Velebit 16.7.2007

Fig. 51:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed I Lazio, Maranola 3.6.2002

Fig. 52:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed F Jonte - Gorge 8.6.2006

Fig. 53:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed F Jonte - Gorge 8.6.2006

Fig. 54:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed F Jonte - Gorge 8.6.2006

Fig. 55:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed F Jonte - Gorge 8.6.2006

Fig. 56:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed F Jonte - Gorge 8.6.2006

Fig. 57:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed F Jonte - Gorge 8.6.2006

Fig. 58:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed F Rochefort-en-Valdaine 10.6.2006

Fig. 59:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed F Rochefort-en-Valdaine 10.6.2006

Fig. 60:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed F Rochefort-en-Valdaine 10.6.2006

Fig. 61:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed E Prov. Teruel 23.7.2001

Fig. 62:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed E Pyrenees, Erill la Vall in Boi - Valley 16.8.2006

Fig. 63:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed E Pyrenees, Erill la Vall in Boi - Valley 16.8.2006

Fig. 64:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed E Pyrenees, Erill la Vall in Boi - Valley 16.8.2006

Fig. 65:  Centaurea scabiosa / Greater Knapweed GB Dover 20.8.2005

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