Blessed Thistle Centaurea benedicta Linnaeus (LInnaeus)Waif  -  Non-native    Synonyms: Cnicus benedictus.
Kingdom Plantae   >   Division Tracheophyta   >   Class Magnoliopsida   >   Order Asterales   >   Family Asteraceae   >   Genus Centaurea   

Status:

"Native of southern Europe and Asia Minor; sparingly established from New Brunswick and Illinois and southward" (Reed, 1964).

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