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Knapweed

Centaurea Nigra

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Description:

Knapweed is a plant that is usually known by its common names which are: Common Knapweed, Black Knapweed ,and Lesser Knapweed. The plant itself usually grows a meter high and its leafs are long and are shaped like Linear. The leafs margins are whole. The flowers are usually found in meadows, pastures, scrub lands.They usually bloom from June to September. The flowers are usually white, pink and purple. Knapweed is both perennial. In order for it to regenerate it needs to set its seed and also to become established into open ground.

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Nice job. Put in your words this is a cit and paste from wiki.
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PublishedSeptember 23, 2015

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