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    Centaurea stoebe  L.    
 

Fam.: Asteraceae / Composite Fam.  

Synon.:  Centaurea rhenana  BOREAU,  Centaurea maculosa  LAM.,  Centaurea maculosa  LAM.  subsp. rhenana  (BOREAU) GUGLER

Genus:  Centaurea  L.
 

Authors:
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
   BOREAU:  Alexandre Boreau (1803 - 1875), French pharmacist and botanist in the region Maine-et-Loire
   LAM.:  Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck (1744 - 1829), French naturalist
   GUGLER:  Wilhelm Gugler (1874 - 1909), German botanist
 

Etymology:
   Centaurea:   Greek plant name, from the centaur Chiron
   stoebe:   acc. to Poterium spinosum, a rough plant
   rhenana:   from river Rhine
   maculosa:   spotted
 

Centaurea stoebe is rather similar to Centaurea australis, but there are differences:

AttributeCentaurea stoebeCentaurea australis
Life formbiennialperennial, new rosette in autumn
Habitsingle stembranched from the base
Width of lower leaf segmentsnarrow6 - 7 mm
Heads at flower timebulgy 7 - 11 mm wide   narrow 5 - 8 mm wide
Bract appendix with on each side   6 - 10 fringes4 - 7 fringes
Ploidy2n = 182n = 36

 

Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed, A Gumpoldskirchen 29.9.2022
Fig. 1:  Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed
A Gumpoldskirchen 29.9.2022
Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed, A Gumpoldskirchen 29.9.2022
Fig. 2:  Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed
A Gumpoldskirchen 29.9.2022
Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed, D Thüringen, Bad Frankenhausen 8.6.2022
Fig. 3:  Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed
D Thüringen, Bad Frankenhausen 8.6.2022
Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed, D Thüringen, Bad Frankenhausen 8.6.2022
Fig. 4:  Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed
D Thüringen, Bad Frankenhausen 8.6.2022
Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed, D Thüringen, Bad Frankenhausen 8.6.2022
Fig. 5:  Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed
D Thüringen, Bad Frankenhausen 8.6.2022
Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed, D Thüringen, Bottendorf 13.6.2023
Fig. 6:  Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed
D Thüringen, Bottendorf 13.6.2023
Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed, D Thüringen, Bottendorf 13.6.2023
Fig. 7:  Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed
D Thüringen, Bottendorf 13.6.2023
Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed, D Mannheim 6.7.2006
Fig. 8:  Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed
D Mannheim 6.7.2006
Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed, D Mannheim 6.7.2006
Fig. 9:  Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed
D Mannheim 6.7.2006
Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed, D Mannheim 6.7.2006
Fig. 10:  Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed
D Mannheim 6.7.2006
Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed, D Mannheim 6.7.2006
Fig. 11:  Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed
D Mannheim 6.7.2006
Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed, D Mannheim 6.7.2006
Fig. 12:  Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed
D Mannheim 6.7.2006
Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed, D Mannheim 6.7.2006
Fig. 13:  Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed
D Mannheim 6.7.2006
Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed, D Ludwigshafen 12.7.2010
Fig. 14:  Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed
D Ludwigshafen 12.7.2010
Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed, D Ludwigshafen 12.7.2010
Fig. 15:  Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed
D Ludwigshafen 12.7.2010
Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed, D Ludwigshafen 12.7.2010
Fig. 16:  Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed
D Ludwigshafen 12.7.2010
Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed, D Ludwigshafen 12.7.2010
Fig. 17:  Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed
D Ludwigshafen 12.7.2010
Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed, D Kaiserstuhl,  Badberg 25.6.2018
Fig. 18:  Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed
D Kaiserstuhl, Badberg 25.6.2018
Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed, D Kaiserstuhl,  Badberg 25.6.2018
Fig. 19:  Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed
D Kaiserstuhl, Badberg 25.6.2018
Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed, D Thüringen, Hemleben 12.6.2023
Fig. 20:  Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed
D Thüringen, Hemleben 12.6.2023
Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed, D Thüringen, Hemleben 12.6.2023
Fig. 21:  Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed
D Thüringen, Hemleben 12.6.2023
Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed, D Thüringen, Hemleben 12.6.2023
Fig. 22:  Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed
D Thüringen, Hemleben 12.6.2023
Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed, A Hainburg 8.7.2023
Fig. 23:  Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed
A Hainburg 8.7.2023
Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed, A Hainburg 8.7.2023
Fig. 24:  Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed
A Hainburg 8.7.2023
Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed, I Sant' Anna d'Alfaedo 17.7.2010
Fig. 25:  Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed
I Sant' Anna d'Alfaedo 17.7.2010
Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed, I Sant' Anna d'Alfaedo 17.7.2010
Fig. 26:  Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed
I Sant' Anna d'Alfaedo 17.7.2010
Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed, I Sant' Anna d'Alfaedo 17.7.2010
Fig. 27:  Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed
I Sant' Anna d'Alfaedo 17.7.2010
Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed, I Sant' Anna d'Alfaedo 17.7.2010
Fig. 28:  Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed
I Sant' Anna d'Alfaedo 17.7.2010
Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed, I Sant' Anna d'Alfaedo 17.7.2010
Fig. 29:  Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed
I Sant' Anna d'Alfaedo 17.7.2010
Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed, I Sant' Anna d'Alfaedo 17.7.2010
Fig. 30:  Centaurea stoebe / Panicled Knapweed
I Sant' Anna d'Alfaedo 17.7.2010

 


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