Centaurea jacea, Brown Knapweed - Seeds - plants - dried herbs

Common names: Brown Knapweed, Brownray Knapweed

Botanical name & synonyms: Centaurea jacea, Setachna amara, Centaurea commutata, Centaurea amara, Setachna fimbriata, Rhaponticum jacea, Jacea supina, Jacea pratensis, Jacea decumbens, Jacea communis, Cyanus jacea, Centaurea pratensis, Calcitrapa jacea, Calcitrapa pratensis, Centaurea consimilis, Centaurea syrmiensis, Centaurea viretorum, Cyanus collinus, Jacea tomentosa

Family: Aster, daisy, sunflower (Asteraceae, Compositae)

• native to Eurasia
  

• perennial
  

• 20 to 80 cm
  

• flower VI to X
  

• plant community: wet meadow, marsh meadow, calcareous grassland
  

• for bees
  

• weight of 1 000 seeds = 1,2 gram