Centaurea benedicta Calflora

Calflora

Taxon Report 10806

Centaurea benedicta (L.) L.

Blessed thistle

2009 Neal Kramer

2020 Diane Etchison

2008 Luigi Rignanese

2006 Chris Wagner, SBNF

2009 Stanley Spencer

Centaurea benedicta, a dicot, is an annual herb that is not native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search (319 records) Plant Characteristics

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Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Centaurea

Habitat: disturbed

Communities: weed, characteristic of disturbed places

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF

Alternate Names:


JEF	Cnicus benedictus

More information about Centaurea benedicta


Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (CNBE) BONAP Distribution Map	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) / Google Images Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria. [web application]. 2021. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 10/28/2021).