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 subsp. aspera

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

• Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Type subspecies with a small involucre (length < 15 mm, ⌀ < 13 mm thorns excluded).

The following infrasubspecific taxa are accepted:

• C. aspera subsp. aspera var. aspera L., 1753, P;
• C. aspera subsp. aspera var. subinermis DC., 1838.

Photographs

Sources

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