Knautia L.

Widow flowers (en), Knauties (fr), Knautie (fr)

Genus

Angiosperms > Dipsacales > Caprifoliaceae

Characteristics

Cal short, with 8–12 setaceous teeth; cor 4-lobed, ± irregular, the marginal ones distinctly so; involucral bracts about equaling the head; receptacle densely hairy, without bracts; involucel 2-toothed at the top, 4-ribbed; herbs with fls in dense hemispheric heads on long peduncles. 60, Europe, w. Asia, n. Afr.
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Germination duration (days) 10 - 21
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Images

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Distribution

Knautia world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:14314-1
WFO ID wfo-4000020086
COL ID 58K6
BDTFX ID 86639
INPN ID 193734
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Lychniscabiosa Knautia Thlasidia

Lower taxons

Knautia adriatica Knautia velebitica Knautia x ujhelyii Knautia transalpina Knautia trachytica Knautia visiani Knautia caroli-rechingeri Knautia calycina Knautia nevadensis Knautia baldensis Knautia dalmatica Knautia dinarica Knautia x chassagnei Knautia magnifica Knautia mauritanica Knautia mollis Knautia albanica Knautia ambigua Knautia x alleizettei Knautia persicina Knautia x sambucifolia Knautia rupicola Knautia salvadoris Knautia x sennenii Knautia x sequanica Knautia ressmanni Knautia illyrica Knautia x intercedens Knautia involucrata Knautia fleischmannii Knautia foreziensis Knautia gussonei Knautia x lamottei Knautia lucana Knautia legionensis Knautia longifolia Knautia x spectabilis Knautia subscaposa Knautia tatarica Knautia subcanescens Knautia numantina Knautia arvensis Knautia sarajevensis Knautia godetii Knautia velutina Knautia travnicensis Knautia integrifolia Knautia degenii Knautia orientalis Knautia longifolia Knautia kitaibelii Knautia arvensis Knautia byzantina Knautia carinthiaca Knautia norica Knautia x dobrogensis Knautia shepardii Knautia x oecsemensis Knautia macedonica Knautia x cousturieri Knautia pectinata Knautia slovaca Knautia clementii Knautia pancicii Knautia basaltica Knautia dipsacifolia Knautia arvernensis Knautia drymeia Knautia collina