Centaurea.
Botanical name:
Classic texts: Rafinesque 1828-1830.
Classic texts: Rafinesque 1828-1830.
Centaurea nigra L.
Engl.: black knapweed, common knapweed, hardhead, knapweed, lesser knapweed, Spanish buttons.
Deu.: Schwarze Flockenblume.
Fran.: centaurée noire.
Sven.: svartklint.
Suom.: mustakaunokki.
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