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Brown Knapweed
Centaurea jacea
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
spotted knapweedCentaurea stoebe
Tyrol knapweedCentaurea nigrescens
Greater KnapweedCentaurea scabiosa
Wig KnapweedCentaurea phrygia
black knapweedCentaurea nigra
creeping thistleCirsium arvense
Centaurea decipiens
CornflowerCentaurea cyanus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 207,558 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 205,716 |
| Russia | 12,796 |
| Germany | 4,020 |
| Moscow Oblast | 2,204 |
| Moscow | 1,596 |
| New York | 1,349 |
| Ukraine | 1,200 |
| Austria | 1,143 |
| Hessen | 842 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales |
| Family | Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae |
| Genus | knapweeds · Centaurea |
Study it in a deck
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Brown Knapweed with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.