Red Star-Thistle Centaurea calcitrapa LinnaeusWaif  -  Non-native    Synonyms: Big-head Purple Star-thistle.
Kingdom Plantae   >   Division Tracheophyta   >   Class Magnoliopsida   >   Order Asterales   >   Family Asteraceae   >   Genus Centaurea   

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"Naturalized from the Mediterranean region in the southeastern states, north to New York and southern Ontario" (Reed, 1964).

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