Hybrid Knapweed, Meadow Knapweed, Protean Knapweed
Centaurea x gerstlaueri
Synonyms: Centaurea debeauxii ssp. thuillieri, Centaurea ×moncktonii, Centaurea nigra× Centaurea jacea, Centaurea pratensis
The photo above shows a close-up view of a
flower head of meadow knapweed as seen along Kreps Lane, Conboy National Wildlife
Refuge........June 18, 2006.
The photo above shows a a close-up sideview
of the involucral bracts of meadow knapweed as seen along Kreps Lane at Conboy
NWR.........June 18, 2006.
The flowerhead of meadow knapweed as seen along Kreps Lane, Conboy Lake NWR..........September 22, 2007.
Paul Slichter