Species profile—Centaurea nigra (black knapweed)
Classification
Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Asteraceae (sunflower) → Centaurea nigra (black knapweed)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Plantae (plants)
- Class
- Equisetopsida (land plants)
- Family
- Asteraceae (sunflower)
- Scientific name
- Centaurea nigra L.
- Common name
- black knapweed
- WildNet taxon ID
- 10557
- Alternate name(s)
- common knapweed
Spanish buttons
lesser knapweed
knapweed
hardheads - Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Exotic
- Pest status
- Environmental Weed
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=10557.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
