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Centaurea pectinata  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
	pectinata:		comb-shaped

Fig. 1:  Centaurea pectinata / Comb Knapweed F Pyrenees, Olette 27.6.2008

Fig. 2:  Centaurea pectinata / Comb Knapweed F Pyrenees, Olette 27.6.2008

Fig. 3:  Centaurea pectinata / Comb Knapweed F Pyrenees, Olette 27.6.2008

Fig. 4:  Centaurea pectinata / Comb Knapweed F Pyrenees, Olette 27.6.2008

Fig. 5:  Centaurea pectinata / Comb Knapweed F Pyrenees, Olette 27.6.2008

Fig. 6:  Centaurea pectinata / Comb Knapweed F Pyrenees, Olette 27.6.2008

Fig. 7:  Centaurea pectinata / Comb Knapweed F Pyrenees, Olette 27.6.2008

Fig. 8:  Centaurea pectinata / Comb Knapweed F Pyrenees, Olette 27.6.2008

Fig. 9:  Centaurea pectinata / Comb Knapweed F Pyrenees, Olette 27.6.2008

Fig. 10:  Centaurea pectinata / Comb Knapweed F Pyrenees, Olette 27.6.2008

Fig. 11:  Centaurea pectinata / Comb Knapweed F Pyrenees, Olette 28.6.2008

Fig. 12:  Centaurea pectinata / Comb Knapweed F Pyrenees, Olette 28.6.2008

Fig. 13:  Centaurea pectinata / Comb Knapweed F Pyrenees, Olette 28.6.2008

Fig. 14:  Centaurea pectinata / Comb Knapweed F Valleraugue 8.6.2006

Fig. 15:  Centaurea pectinata / Comb Knapweed F Valleraugue 8.6.2006

Fig. 16:  Centaurea pectinata / Comb Knapweed F Valleraugue 8.6.2006

Fig. 17:  Centaurea pectinata / Comb Knapweed F Valleraugue 8.6.2006

Fig. 18:  Centaurea pectinata / Comb Knapweed F Lac de Salagou 4.6.2009

Fig. 19:  Centaurea pectinata / Comb Knapweed (in bud) F Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert 1.6.2009

Fig. 20:  Centaurea pectinata / Comb Knapweed (in bud) F Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert 1.6.2009

Fig. 21:  Centaurea pectinata / Comb Knapweed (in bud) F Causse de Blandas 30.5.2009

Fig. 22:  Centaurea pectinata / Comb Knapweed (in bud) F Causse de Blandas 30.5.2009

Fig. 23:  Centaurea pectinata / Comb Knapweed (in bud) F Causse de Blandas 30.5.2009

Fig. 24:  Centaurea pectinata / Comb Knapweed F Causse de Blandas 30.5.2009

Fig. 25:  Centaurea pectinata / Comb Knapweed F Mont Aigoual 8.6.2006

Fig. 26:  Centaurea pectinata / Comb Knapweed F Mont Aigoual 8.6.2006

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