Centaurea stoebe L., 1753 20% complete

Spotted knapweed

Sp. Pl.: 914 (1753)

Data sources

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Sourced6 Source not recorded9 Not on the record11 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 914 (1753) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
Source not recorded
Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1753 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Spotted knapweed No source recorded
Source not recorded
Family common name Aster family No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Europe to C. Asia and Caucasus No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 106 cm
  • 106 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 23 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 116, 164, 500, 569, 818, 882, 898, 918
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 106 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 23 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 116, 164, 500, 569, 818, 882, 898, 918
  • Superseded 106 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 23 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 116, 164, 500, 569, 818, 882, 898, 918
Sourced
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 264, 500, 918
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 264, 500, 918
  • Superseded hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 264, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color purple
2 earlier or rejected values
Sourced
Foliage texture empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Fruit color empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Maximum height empty No source recorded
3 earlier or rejected values
  • Rejected 85 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 116, 164, 500, 569, 818, 882, 898, 918 below the average height (106 cm) of the same record
  • Superseded 85 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 116, 164, 500, 569, 818, 882, 898, 918
  • Superseded 85 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 116, 164, 500, 569, 818, 882, 898, 918
Not on the record
Sexuality empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Phenology
Bloom months jun, jul
2 earlier or rejected values
Sourced
Duration annual, biennial, perennial
  • annual, biennial, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 71, 164, 264, 460, 818, 882, 918, 925
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded annual, biennial, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 71, 164, 264, 460, 818, 882, 918, 925
  • Superseded annual, biennial, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 71, 164, 264, 460, 818, 882, 918, 925
Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity empty
  • 2 / 12 · dry (perxerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 2 / 12 · dry (perxerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
  • Superseded 2 / 12 · dry (perxerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
Not on the record
Light empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Nitrogen fixation None
2 earlier or rejected values
Sourced
Soil nutriments empty
  • 4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
  • Superseded 4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
Not on the record
Soil salinity empty
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
  • Superseded 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
Not on the record
Cultivation
Minimum root depth empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Other
Soil ph indicator —
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Temperature indicator —
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record