Centaurea jacea ssp. nigra Calflora

Calflora, a 501c3 non-profit

Taxon Report

Centaurea jacea L. ssp. nigra (L.) Bonnier & Layens

Black knapweed

2005 Louis-M. Landry

2009 Phil Pullen

2002 Molly Elizabeth Bagley

Centaurea jacea ssp. nigra is a perennial herb that is not native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~4 records in California Plant Characteristics

Bloom Period

Photos on Calflora


Parent:	Centaurea jacea
Genus:	Centaurea
Family:	Asteraceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Wetlands: Occurs usually in non wetlands, occasionally in wetlands

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF

Alternate Names:


JEF	Centaurea nigra

Information about Centaurea jacea ssp. nigra from other sources


Jepson eFlora Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
photos / record / common / links null:!null:!null:!null:!

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/21/2024).