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Whitlow-grass-leaved Centaury

Centaurea drabifolioides

Centaurea drabifolioides is a small, low-growing flowering plant from the daisy family, native to northern Turkey and rarely cultivated. It is a wild species of rocky or open habitats, so it suits well-drained sunny conditions in a rock garden.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Grass
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry between waterings, as it is adapted to dry, rocky ground.
Soil
Very well-drained, gritty or rocky mineral soil with low fertility.
Temperature
Hardy to cold winters; protect from prolonged waterlogging.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
N. Türkiye

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Centaurea drabifolioides, the whitlow-grass-leaved centaury, is a species of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family.

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 drabifolioides by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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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