Centaurea decipiens subsp. decipiens Thuill., 1799

Common names

🇬🇧 Slender Knapweed
🇫🇷 Centaurée trompeuse, Centaurée décevante

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 decipiens subsp. decipiens

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Type subspecies whose flowers have phyllaries with an appendage that partly covers the adjacent phyllaries.

Photographs

img/centaurea-decipiens-decipiens.webp — Centaurea decipiens subsp. decipiens

img/centaurea-decipiens-decipiens-2.webp — Centaurea decipiens subsp. decipiens

img/centaurea-decipiens-decipiens-3.webp — Centaurea decipiens subsp. decipiens

img/centaurea-decipiens-decipiens-4.webp — Centaurea decipiens subsp. decipiens

img/centaurea-decipiens-decipiens-6.webp — Centaurea decipiens subsp. decipiens - Cauline leaf

img/centaurea-decipiens-decipiens-5.webp — Centaurea decipiens subsp. decipiens - Basal leaves

img/centaurea-decipiens-decipiens-7.webp — Centaurea decipiens subsp. decipiens - Flower bud

img/centaurea-decipiens-decipiens-8.webp — Centaurea decipiens subsp. decipiens - Flower bud

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 413). Biotope.