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Centaurea melitensis - Flower head, side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower head, side view; Ladoeiro, Castelo Branco, Portugal; 6/2012 © Jörn Germer

Centaurea melitensis - Flower head - Click to enlarge!

Flower head; Ladoeiro, Castelo Branco, Portugal; 6/2012 © Jörn Germer

Centaurea melitensis - Stem section - Click to enlarge!

Stem section; Ladoeiro, Castelo Branco, Portugal; 6/2012 © Jörn Germer

Centaurea melitensis - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Ladoeiro, Castelo Branco, Portugal; 6/2012 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1972
Date of entry: 16.06.2012
Last update: 11.01.2020

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Asterales (224)

        Family: Asteraceae (223)(family description)

          Genus: Centaurea (15)

            Epithet: melitensis L. (1)

melitensis => from the island of Malta (Melita)

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: yellow

External links

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World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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