Centaurea americana

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Centaurea americana in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Centaurea americana, Nutt. (Plectocephalus americanus, Don). Basket Flower. Fig. 873. Hardy annual, nearly smooth: sts. stout, simple or sometimes a little branched, 2-5 ft., thickened under the naked head: lvs. mostly entire, oblong - lance- shaped, mucronate: involucre ½-1½ in. diam., its bracts all with fringed scarious appendages: fls. rose or flesh-colored, sometimes purplish; disk 1-3 in. diam.; narrow lobes of the ray-fls. often 1 in. long. Mo. and Ark. to La. and Mex. F.S. 4:327. S.H. 2:223. A.F. 16: 1644 (alba). Gng. 9:341 (alba). —Very attractive. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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