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Greater Knapweed
Centaurea scabiosa
46.4802, 6.83358
Field Notes
Description:
A native European field flower with a thistle-like purple flowerhead, and purple bracts forming a crown around the central flower. Bees and butterflies love it!
Habitat:
Dry grasslands, hedgerows and cliffs on lime-rich soil.
Notes:
The only known foodplant for caterpillars of the moth Coleophora didymella. The deeply dissected alternating leaves help disambiguate it from other centaureas. Picked up from a nearby field and photographed in the home studio as it wouldn't stay sill in the strong wind!
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Centaurea scabiosa
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PublishedMay 26, 2011
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