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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
  9. Spotted Knapweed

species 52,643 observations

Spotted Knapweed

Centaurea stoebe

Status
introduced
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

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113 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Long-winged Shade, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Lesser Maple Spanworm Moth, Dingy Cutworm Moth 11
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Goldenrod Crab Spider, Blue Shield Bug, Trefoil Plant Bug, Hairy Plant Bug 11
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Colorado Black-notched Bumble Bee, Common Eastern Bumble Bee, Brown-belted Bumble Bee, Red-belted Bumble Bee 90
  • Sheltered animals Animals that nest or roost in it Margined Calligrapher 1

Children

  • Spotted Knapweed
  • Spotted Starthistle

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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