American basketflower
Plectocephalus americanus
Summary 2
Centaurea americana, commonly called American starthistle or American basketflower, is an annual native to the southern central United States and northeastern Mexico. Its common name comes from the underside of the inflorescence, which has a basket weave pattern on it and on the flowerbuds.
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- (c) Cosmic Cat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), https://picasaweb.google.com/103287385668597133920/CedarHillStatePark#6014570558523892834
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plectocephalus_americanus
More Info
- iNat taxon page
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- eFloras.org
- Flora of North America (beta)
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- USDA PLANTS database
- VASCAN by Canadensys
- World Flora Online
