Centaurea calcitrapa L.
red starthistle
Asteraceae (Aster family)

Introduction to Vascular Plants

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Distribution of Centaurea calcitrapa
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Introduction

Collected twice at Nanaimo; once on ballast in 1887 (Macoun 14943 @ CAN) and again in the vicinity of Nanaimo in 1893 (Macoun 551 @ CAN).

Author: Frank Lomer, Honourary Research Associate, University of British Columbia Herbarium