Singleflower knapweed

Centaurea nervosa is a species of Centaurea found in Italy in the North ( in the Alps ) where it is common, the Tuscan- Emilian where it is rare, Outside Italy in the Alps and in the French Alpine departments, in the cantons of Valais, Ticino and Graubünden of Switzerland, the provinces of Carinthia in Austria, in the Carpathian Mountains of Slovenia.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Singleflower knapweed being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Centaurea uniflora
• Centaurea rhaetica
• Centaurea phrygia

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Asteraceae

Genus

Centaurea

Species

Centaurea nervosa

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