Iberian Star-thistle

Centaurea iberica

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Family: Asteraceae
Order: Asterales
Class: Magnoliopsida
Phylum / Division: Magnoliophyta
Kingdom: Plantae

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Description

Centaurea iberica, the Iberian knapweed or Iberian star-thistle, is a species of Centaurea. It is native to southeastern Europe and southwestern Asia. It is known elsewhere as an introduced species and a noxious weed.

Control: Aminocyclopyrachlor + chlorsulfuron, aminopyralid, chlorsulfuron alone, clopyralid, clopyralid + 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, dicamba, diflufenzopyr + dicamba, picloram, and triclopyr + clopyralid for the Pacific Northwest of North America.

Source: Wikipedia, article Centaurea iberica. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.