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Yellow Star-Thistle (Centaurea solstitialis)

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Credit: Eugene Zelenko | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0 GFDL
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Credit: Martin Cilen�ek | Scan from Na�e �kodljive rastl... (1892) | License: PD Old
Credit: Martin Cilen�ek | Scan from Na�e �kodljive rastl... (1892) | License: PD USDA ARS

Centaurea Solstitialis, or more commonly know as Yellow Star-Thistle, is a forb/herb (a forb/herb is a non-woody plant that is not a grass) of the genus Centaurea. Its duration is annual which means it grows for one season only. Centaurea Solstitialis or Yellow Star-Thistle's floral region is North America US Lower 48, specifically in the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

Category: Dicot
Genus: Centaurea
Family: Asteraceae
Order: Asterales
Class: Magnoliopsida
Division: Magnoliophyta
Duration: Annual
Growth Habit: Forb/herb
Native Status: L48 (I) CAN (I)
State Noxious Status: AZ (PNW RNW) CA (CW) CO (AW) ID (NW) MT (CAT3) ND (NW) NM (CAW) NV (NW) OR (BDW Q) SD (RNPS) UT (NW) WA (CBW)
State Noxious Common Name: AZ (yellow starthistle yellow starthistle St. Barnaby's thistle) CA (yellow starthistle) CO (yellow starthistle) ID (yellow starthistle) MT (yellow starthistle) ND (yellow starthistle) NM (yellow starthistle) NV (yellow starthistle) OR (yellow starthistle) SD (yellow starthistle) UT (yellow starthistle) WA (yellow starthistle)
PLANTS Invasive Status: Cal-IPC STATE SWSS WSWS

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