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| Russian Knapweed |
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Scientific Name: Centaurea repens
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| Distinguishing Features
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| • It grows 18 inches to 3
feet tall. |
| • Stems are erect and multi-branched,
and covered with fine white hairs that gives them a blue-green color.
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| • Leaves are blue-green,
toothed or lobed, and covered with fine hair. |
| • Flowers are small, ¼ to
½ inch, cone shaped, and usually pink, but can be white to purple.
Small leaves (bracts) lay flat against the base of the flower head
and are toped with a rounded papery margin. |
| • Dense colonies can form
from widely spreading black bark-covered roots. |
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