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Iranian knapweed

Centaurea depressa

Also called Low Cornflower

Iranian knapweed
Photo: Musa geçit, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Annual
Water
Drought tolerant
Native range
Türkiye to C. Asia and W. Himalaya
Climate
temperate

About

Centaurea depressa, the low cornflower, is a species of Centaurea. It is native to southwestern and central Asia. Its common name is Iranian knapweed. The plant grows to 0.3 m (1 ft) tall and flowers from July to August. It can grow in nutritionally poor soil and is drought tolerant.

Other Centaurea plants

Centaurea acaulis · Akamas centaury · Centaurea alba · Centaurea ammocyanus · Rough star-thistle · Centaurea atropurpurea · Centaurea behen · Blessed Thistle · Red star-thistle · Karl-Henrikh's Centaury · Dusty miller · Centaurea collina

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Centaurea depressa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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