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Centaurea montana L.

Common Name: MOUNTAIN KNAPWEED
Coefficient of Conservatism: *
Coefficient of Wetness: 5
Wetness Index: UPL
Physiognomy: Ad P-Forb

A mountain species of central Europe, occasionally established as an escape from cultivation along roadsides, edges of forests, and other disturbed places. The oldest collections date from 1946, from Kent Co. and Mackinac Island (Mackinac Co.).

This is a very colorful species, with its large heads of deep blue flowers and phyllaries trimmed in black.

C. Peirce

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Counties
Alger
Emmet
Gogebic
Houghton
Kent
Keweenaw
Mackinac

Citation:
MICHIGAN FLORA ONLINE. A. A. Reznicek, E. G. Voss, & B. S. Walters. February 2011. University of Michigan. Web. March, 17, 2025
https://lsa-miflora-p.lsait.lsa.umich.edu/#/record/273