Centaurea nigrescens (Short-fringed knapweed)

Centaurea nigrescens Willd.

Centaurea debeauxii Gren. & Godr. ssp. thuillieri Dostál

Centaurea dubia Suter ssp. vochinensis (Bernh. ex Rchb.) Hayek

Centaurea pratensis Thuill. non Salisb. nom. illeg.

Centaurea vochinensis Bernh. ex Rchb.

Short-fringed knapweed

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Asteridae	A large class that encompasses asters
Order	Asterales	Flowering plants with a central disk flower and surrounding petals, like daisies
Family	Asteraceae	The aster family, which also includes daisies and sunflowers; from the Greek ἀστήρ, “star,” for the star-shaped flowers
Genus	Centaurea	From the Latin and a reference to the Centaur Chiron who was supposed to have discovered the medicinal uses of a plant in Greece that came to be called Centaury
Species	nigrescens