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Star Thistle, Knapweed, Persian Cornflower
Easy to grow, this member of the daisy family is good for borders or wild gardens. Most annual types are grown for their frilly, cuttable flowers, and perennials for their felty, gray foliage.
Yellow Star Thistle
Scientific name: Centaurea solstitialis L.
Common names: Yellow star thistle, geeldissel, golden star thistle, St. Barnaby's thistle, yellow centaury, yellow cockspur ...
- Knapweed, Star thistle
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This pretty plant has silvery green leaves that are beautifully etched and dissected. The plant puts up slender flowering spikes carrying purple pinkish flowers in summer.
The Star Thistles belong to the genus Centaurea.
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SOW THISTLE (no listing) ...
Centaurea solstitialis.Yellow Star Thistle. Yellow star thistle (same genus as knapweed) is an invasive weed imported from Eurasia. For more information go to knapweed ecology and control.
It is so startlingly blue that many secondary common names allude to it: Bluebottle, Bluebow, Bluebonnet, Bluecap, Blue Buttons, Bluet, Blue Star Thistle, or Cyani.
Nombres relacionados: Aanevadza letna (eslovaco), Abrepuño amarillo (castellano), Asteraceae (familia), Calcitrapa solstitialis (sinónimo), Yellow star thistle (inglés), Yellow star-thistle (inglés).
Usada en la Terapia floral californiana.
Yellow Centaury, Yellow Corydalis, Yellow Figwort, Yellow Horned-poppy, Yellow Iris, Yellow Loosestrife, Yellow Milk-vetch, Yellow Oat-grass, Yellow Oxalis, Yellow Pimpernel, Yellow Rattle, Yellow Rhododendron, Yellow Saxifrage, Yellow Star Thistle, ...
Maltese star thistle; tocalote Centaurea melitensis
mango Mangifera indica
marijuana; Mary Jane; gallow grass Cannabis sativa
marsh bristlegrass Setaria parviflora
marsh purslane, water purslane Ludwigia palustris
maunaloa Canavalia cathartica ...
 See also: Thistle, Aster, Daisy, Pink, Everlasting
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