Centaurea nigrescens Willd.

Locations ofCentaurea nigrescens Willd. in Virginia

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Family
Asteraceae
Botanical Name
Centaurea nigrescens Willd.
Common Name
Tyrol Knapweed
Synonym(s)
Centaurea dubia Suter; Centaurea vochinensis Bernhardi ex Reichenbach
Flora of Virginia Name/Status
Centaurea nigrescens Willd.
Comments
Habitat
Fields, pastures, roadsides, and clearings. Infrequent, mountains and Piedmont; rare in the Coastal Plain. This knapweed is a locally abundant and very aggressive weed in northern Virginia. It is now spreading rapidly and becoming more frequent in the central Piedmont and elsewhere.
Native Status
Introduced

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