General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Plant Height: 2 - 3 feet
Flower Color: Pink
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Taproot
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies

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Common names
  • Spotted Knapweed
  • Ballast Waif
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Centaurea australis
  • Synonym: Centaurea biebersteinii
  • Synonym: Centaurea stoebe subsp. micranthos
  • Synonym: Centaurea stoebe subsp. australis

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Location: City Creek Canyon, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2023-05-28
Tentative ID.

photo credit: R. A. Nonenmacher

photo credit: R. A. Nonenmacher

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