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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies
  6. Sunflower Family
  7. Knapweeds
  8. Centaurea jacea
  9. Brown Knapweed

species 54,164 observations

Brown Knapweed

Centaurea jacea

Status
introduced
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supports All

84 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Satyr Pug Moth, Grey Pug Moth, Long-winged Shade, Setaceous Hebrew Character 7
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Mallard, Common Raven, Eurasian Jackdaw, Redpoll 18
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Ligated Furrow Bee, Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee, Common Branded Skipper, Orange-legged Furrow Bee 59

Children

  • Brown Knapweed

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

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