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	Centaurea jacea  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
	jacea:		yakinthus = Hyacinth (because of the purple color)

Fig. 1:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 20.6.2006

Fig. 2:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed D Weinheim an der Bergstraße 20.6.2006

Fig. 3:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed D Mannheim 24.5.2006

Fig. 4:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed D Ketsch 21.7.2013

Fig. 5:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed D Kaiserstuhl, Badberg 25.6.2018

Fig. 6:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed D Gladenbach 5.7.2014

Fig. 7:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed D Gladenbach 5.7.2014

Fig. 8:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed D Rechtenbach 20.6.2016

Fig. 9:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed D Rechtenbach 20.6.2016

Fig. 10:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed D Rechtenbach 20.6.2016

Fig. 11:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed D Rechtenbach 20.6.2016

Fig. 12:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed D Großheubach am Main 20.6.2016

Fig. 13:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed D Großheubach am Main 20.6.2016

Fig. 14:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed D Großheubach am Main 20.6.2016

Fig. 15:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed D Großheubach am Main 20.6.2016

Fig. 16:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed D Warstein 2.8.2023

Fig. 17:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed D Warstein 2.8.2023

Fig. 18:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed D Rhön, Eiterfeld 3.8.2023

Fig. 19:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed D Rhön, Eiterfeld 3.8.2023

Fig. 20:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed D Rhön, Eiterfeld 3.8.2023

Fig. 21:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed A Hengstpass 14.7.2007

Fig. 22:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed A Hengstpass 14.7.2007

Fig. 23:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed A Hengstpass 14.7.2007

Fig. 24:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed A Seewinkel, Apetlon 26.9.2022

Fig. 25:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed Slovenia, Loibl-Pass 8.7.2019

Fig. 26:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed Slovenia, Loibl-Pass 8.7.2019

Fig. 27:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed Slovenia, Loibl-Pass 8.7.2019

Fig. 28:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed Slovenia, Loibl-Pass 8.7.2019

Fig. 29:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed Slovenia, Loibl-Pass 8.7.2019

Fig. 30:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed Slovenia, Loibl-Pass 8.7.2019

Fig. 31:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed Slovenia, Loibl-Pass 8.7.2019

Fig. 32:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed Slovenia, Loibl-Pass 8.7.2019

Fig. 33:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed Croatia, Risnjak 15.7.2007

Fig. 34:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed Croatia, Učka 12.8.2016

Fig. 35:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed Croatia, Učka 12.8.2016

Fig. 36:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed Croatia, Istria, Vrh 11.8.2016

Fig. 37:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed Croatia, Istria, Vrh 11.8.2016

Fig. 38:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed Croatia, Istria, Vrh 11.8.2016

Fig. 39:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed Croatia, Istria, Vrh 11.8.2016

Fig. 40:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed I Liguria, Passo delle Cappelletta 1.10.2023

Fig. 41:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed I Liguria, Passo delle Cappelletta 1.10.2023

Fig. 42:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed I Liguria, Passo delle Cappelletta 1.10.2023

Fig. 43:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed I Liguria, Passo delle Cappelletta 1.10.2023

Fig. 44:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed F Savines-le-Lac 8.7.2016

Fig. 45:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed F Savines-le-Lac 8.7.2016

Fig. 46:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed F Savines-le-Lac 8.7.2016

Fig. 47:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed F Allevard 11.6.2006

Fig. 48:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed F La Turbie 7.10.2021

Fig. 49:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed F La Turbie 7.10.2021

Fig. 50:  Centaurea jacea ? / Brown Knapweed F St. Martin-de-Crau 13.5.2007

Fig. 51:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed F Causse du Larzac 7.6.2006

Fig. 52:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed F Causse du Larzac 7.6.2006

Fig. 53:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed F Pyrenees, Eyne 9.8.2006

Fig. 54:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed F Pyrenees, Molitg-les-Bains 23.7.2018

Fig. 55:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed F Pyrenees, Molitg-les-Bains 23.7.2018

Fig. 56:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed F Pyrenees, Molitg-les-Bains 23.7.2018

Fig. 57:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed F Pyrenees, Col de Mantet 28.7.2018

Fig. 58:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed F Pyrenees, Col de Mantet 28.7.2018

Fig. 59:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed F Pyrenees, Col de Mantet 28.7.2018

Fig. 60:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed E Sangüesa 18.8.2011

Fig. 61:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed E Sangüesa 18.8.2011

Fig. 62:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed E Sangüesa 18.8.2011

Fig. 63:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed E Sangüesa 18.8.2011

Fig. 64:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed S Orust 7.8.2010

Fig. 65:  Centaurea jacea / Brown Knapweed S Orust 7.8.2010

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