Species
Centaurea solstitialis
Etymology
Centaurea: From the classical name kentaurion (Greek) or centaureum (Latin) in the fables of ancient Greece, which describe the plant healing the foot of Chiron, a centaur famed for his knowledge of medicine and astronomy.
Common Name(s)
yellow star thistle
Family
Asteraceae
Flora Category
Vascular - Exotic
CENSOL
The
National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
Structural Class
Dicotyledonous Herbs - Composites
Flower Colours
Yellow
Year Naturalised
1872
Origin
S. Europe, S.W. Asia
This page last updated on 18 Jan 2010