Centaurea phrygia 27% complete

Wig knapweed

L. 1753 - Sp. Pl.: 910 (1753)

Data sources

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Sourced7 Source not recorded11 Not on the record9 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
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Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 910 (1753) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1753 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Wig knapweed No source recorded
Source not recorded
Family common name Aster family No source recorded
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Observations Europe to W. Siberia No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 55 cm
2 earlier or rejected values
Sourced
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 203, 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  • Superseded hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09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, 203, 500, 918
  • Superseded hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 203, 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 shape empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Growth habit Forb/herb No source recorded
Source not recorded
Maximum height empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Sexuality empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months jul, aug
2 earlier or rejected values
Sourced
Duration perennial
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 203, 918
  • Superseded perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 203, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity empty
2 earlier or rejected values
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
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Soil salinity 0
2 earlier or rejected values
Sourced
Other
Soil ph indicator —
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Temperature indicator —
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record