Image of Maltese star-thistle
Description:
heads disciform, 1--many, peduncled (or sessile in axils), sometimes of cleistogamous flowers; involucre 10--15 mm, ovoid, +- cobwebby or becoming glabrous; main phyllaries +- straw-colored; tip appendage +- purple, base spine-fringed, central spine 5--10 mm, slender.
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- Spermatophytes
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- Asterids
- Asterales
- Asteraceae (composite family)
- Centaurea (knapweed)
- Centaurea melitensis (Maltese star-thistle)
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