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Centaurea nigrescens

Willd.

Short-fringe Star-thistle

GNRUnranked Found in 1 roadless area NatureServe Explorer →

GNRUnrankedGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1267459

Element CodePDAST1Y180

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderAsterales

FamilyAsteraceae

GenusCentaurea

Other Common Names

Centaurée noirâtre (FR)

Concept Reference

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.

Taxonomic Comments

This record is for Centaurea nigrescens in the broad sense, including C. transalpina, as recognized in FNA (2006, vol. 19) and Weakley et al. (2023). Kartesz (1994, 1999) treats them as distinct.

Conservation Status

Change Date1994-03-22

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Quebec	SNA	No
British Columbia	SNA	No
Ontario	SNA	No

United StatesNNA

Province	Rank	Native
New Hampshire	SNA	No
Massachusetts	SNA	No
West Virginia	SNA	No
Oregon	SNA	No
Delaware	SNA	No
Connecticut	SNA	No
Missouri	SNA	No
Virginia	SNA	No
Vermont	SNA	No
New York	SNA	No
New Jersey	SNA	No
Montana	SNA	No
Minnesota	SNA	No
Maryland	SNA	No
Pennsylvania	SNA	No
Nebraska	SNA	No
Ohio	SNA	No
Rhode Island	SNA	No
Wyoming	SNA	No
Maine	SNA	No
Kentucky	SNA	No
Wisconsin	SNA	No
Indiana	SNA	No
Illinois	SNA	No
District of Columbia	SNA	No
Washington	SNA	No

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

Virginia (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Mountain Lake Addition C	Jefferson National Forest	494

References (3)

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.
Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. First edition. In: Kartesz, J.T., and C.A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, N.C.