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Centaurea melitensis

Maltese Star-thistle

GNRUnranked Found in 61 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

GNRUnrankedGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.148780

Element CodePDAST1Y0D0

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderAsterales

FamilyAsteraceae

GenusCentaurea

Other Common Names

Centaurée de Malte (FR) Maltese star-thistle (EN)

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Conservation Status

Change Date1994-03-22

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Nevada	SNA	No
Alabama	SNA	No
Oregon	SNA	No
Wisconsin	SNA	No
Washington	SNA	No
Texas	SNA	No
New Mexico	SNA	No
Arizona	SNA	No
South Carolina	SNA	No
New Jersey	SNA	No
Missouri	SNA	No
Georgia	SNA	No
Pennsylvania	SNA	No
Utah	SNA	No
Hawaii	SNA	No
Massachusetts	SNA	No
California	SNA	No

CanadaNNA

Province	Rank	Native
British Columbia	SNA	No

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (61)

Arizona (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Lime Creek	Tonto National Forest	42,568

California (58)

Area	Forest	Acres
Antimony	Los Padres National Forest	40,911
Arroyo Seco	Angeles National Forest	4,703
Barker Valley	Cleveland National Forest	11,940
Bear Mountain	Los Padres National Forest	913
Big Rocks	Los Padres National Forest	11,866
Black Mountain	Los Padres National Forest	16,818
Black Mtn.	Sequoia National Forest	15,102
Cajon	San Bernardino National Forest	7,548
Camuesa	Los Padres National Forest	8,209
Circle Mountain	San Bernardino National Forest	6,375
Coldwater	Cleveland National Forest	8,402
Crystal Creek	San Bernardino National Forest	6,783
Cucamonga A	Angeles National Forest	1,249
Cucamonga B	San Bernardino National Forest	11,933
Cucamonga C	San Bernardino National Forest	4,106
De La Guerra	Los Padres National Forest	5,418
Devil Gulch	Sierra National Forest	30,490
Diable	Los Padres National Forest	19,597
Dry Lakes	Los Padres National Forest	17,043
Eagle Peak	Cleveland National Forest	6,481
Ferguson Ridge	Sierra National Forest	6,104
Fish Canyon	Angeles National Forest	29,886
Garcia Mountain	Los Padres National Forest	7,850
Hixon Flat	San Bernardino National Forest	8,095
Horse Creek Ridge	San Bernardino National Forest	8,969
Juncal	Los Padres National Forest	12,289
La Brea	Los Padres National Forest	14,031
Ladd	Cleveland National Forest	5,300
Lpoor Canyon	Los Padres National Forest	13,762
Magic Mountain	Angeles National Forest	15,542
Malduce Buckhorn	Los Padres National Forest	14,177
Matilija	Los Padres National Forest	5,218
Mirada Pime	Los Padres National Forest	13,302
Mono	Los Padres National Forest	28,141
Moses	Sequoia National Forest	22,077
No Name	Cleveland National Forest	4,897
Nordhoff	Los Padres National Forest	12,031
Pine Creek	Cleveland National Forest	503
Red Mountain	Angeles National Forest	8,034
Rouse Hill	San Bernardino National Forest	13,745
Salt Creek	Angeles National Forest	11,022
San Dimas	Angeles National Forest	7,160
San Gabriel Add	Angeles National Forest	2,527
San Sevaine	San Bernardino National Forest	6,866
Santa Cruz	Los Padres National Forest	21,182
Sespe - Frazier	Angeles National Forest	4,254
Sespe - Frazier	Los Padres National Forest	106,910
Sheep Mountain	Angeles National Forest	21,098
Sill Hill	Cleveland National Forest	5,294
Slate Mtn.	Sequoia National Forest	12,299
Stanley Mountain	Los Padres National Forest	14,674
Tepusquet Peak	Los Padres National Forest	5,821
Tequepis	Los Padres National Forest	9,080
Trabuco	Cleveland National Forest	23,341
Trumbull Peak	Stanislaus National Forest	6,164
Westfork	Angeles National Forest	4,407
White Ledge	Los Padres National Forest	18,632
Wildhorse	Cleveland National Forest	1,483

Utah (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Cottonwood	Dixie National Forest	6,754
Pine Valley Mountains	Dixie National Forest	57,673

References (2)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2006a. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 19. Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, part 6: Asteraceae, part 1. Oxford University Press, New York. xxiv + 579 pp.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.