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Herbarium specimen: Centaurea nigra

Taxon:Asteraceae: Centaurea nigra L. ("Common Knapweed")
Filed in taxon folder:Asteraceae: Centaurea nigra L. ("Common Knapweed")
Collected by:J H Croft
Collection date:20/7/1959
Locality:Great Britain, VC45 Pembrokeshire, Freshwater East, SS028981, Top of old red sandstone cliffs, among scrub of Ulex and grasses, (altitude 60ft)
Institution:Aberystwyth University Herbarium (ABS)
Image:Centaurea nigra herbarium specimen from Freshwater East, VC45 Pembrokeshire in 1959 by J H Croft.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:corolla purple red

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Documented by CLL on 6th January 2008.

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