Centaurea aspera L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Rough Star-thistle
🇫🇷 Centaurée rude

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Clade: Asterids
Clade: Campanulids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Carduoideae
Tribe: Cardueae
Subtribe: Centaureinae
Genus: Centaurea
Species: Centaurea aspera

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

C. aspera subsp. aspera L., 1753, P;
C. aspera subsp. gentilii (Braun-Blanq. & Maire) Dobignard, 2007;
C. aspera subsp. pseudosphaerocephala (R.J.Shuttlew. ex Rouy) Gugler, 1907, P;
C. aspera subsp. scorpiurifolia (Dufour) Nyman, 1879;
C. aspera subsp. stenophylla (Dufour) Nyman, 1879.

Photographs

img/centaurea-aspera.webp — Centaurea aspera

img/centaurea-aspera-2.webp — Centaurea aspera

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 412). Biotope.