Centaurea 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

Subspecies

Centaurea decipiens subsp. decipiens

Centaurea decipiens subsp. microptilon

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with C. jacea L., 1753, whose flowers have phyllaries with an entire or lacinate appendage, while those of C. decipiens have phyllaries with a ciliate appendage.

Possible confusion with C. nigra L., 1753, whose flowers have phyllaries with an uniform, dark brown appendage, while those of C. decipiens have phyllaries with paler cilia on their appendage.

This taxon is likely a stabilized hybrid of C. jacea L., 1753 × C. nigra L., 1753.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted: