Index / Search / Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos

§1 Plant

Centaurea stoebe L. ssp. micranthos (Gugler) Hayek

vernacular spotted knapweed — subspecies · Asteraceae


USDA
CESTM
GBIF
7441180 syn.
Rank
subspecies
spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos)
Platephotograph · botanicum-vitae source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Biennial, Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
Genus
Centaurea
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Introduced
  • HI Hawaii Introduced
  • L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b

County-level range

· 336 counties across 17 states/territories
Legend Native · 0 Introduced · 336 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§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 336 counties across 17 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 1 I
Arizona view state ↗ 1 I
Arkansas view state ↗ 13 I
Delaware view state ↗ 1 I
Florida view state ↗ 1 I
Kentucky view state ↗ 28 I
Maine view state ↗ 3 I
Massachusetts view state ↗ 13 I
Montana view state ↗ 56 I
New Hampshire view state ↗ 5 I
New Jersey view state ↗ 16 I
New York view state ↗ 40 I
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 48 I
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 I
Vermont view state ↗ 9 I
Virginia view state ↗ 76 I
West Virginia view state ↗ 22 I

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/CESTM ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/7441180 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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