Centaurea calcitrapa L.

vernacular red star-thistle — species · Asteraceae

USDA: CECA2
GBIF: 3128483
Rank: species

red star-thistle (Centaurea calcitrapa) — Platephotograph · Gena BentallCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

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

§2a

Native status, by region

CAN Canada Introduced
L48 Lower 48 States Introduced

§2b

County-level range

· 75 counties across 12 states/territories

Legend Native · 0 Introduced · 75 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