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§1 Plant
Centaurea melitensis L.
vernacular Maltese star-thistle — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual, Biennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Centaurea
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
County-level range
· 12 counties across 4 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 12 counties across 4 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CEME2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3128091 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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