Centaurea americana--TX. Johnson Wildflower Center. 13 Jun 04. 003.jpg
Native to Algeria, Azores, Baleares, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Corse, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, NW. Balkan Pen., Portugal, Sardegna, Selvagens, Sicilia, Spain, Tunisia; introduced into 50 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.
Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO
Location
United States, Texas (Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center)
Location Remarks
4801 La Crosse Ave., Austin Texas
Collectors
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Plectocephalus
Specific Epithet
americanus
Authorship
(Nutt.) D.Don
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.3
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.0
Global rank
#316,997 of 335,497
Top 95%
Extinction probability
9%
