Species

Centaurea nigra

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.
nigra: black

Common Name(s)

knapweed

Family

Asteraceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

CENNIG

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

Red / Pink,Violet / Purple

Year Naturalised

1870

Origin

W. and C. Europe

This page last updated on 18 Jan 2010