| Common Name: | Meadow knapweed |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Centaurea |
| Species: | debeauxii |
| Classification/Rank: | Bio-control Available - Very Invasive |
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• Listed as Centaurea x moncktonii in Eflora BC; hybrid of black x brown
• Perennial herb from a taproot; stems erect, branched, thinly hairy, 40-80 cm tall
• Basal leaves oblanceolate to lanceolate, simple to irregularly pinnately cut or with a wavy margin, sparsely long-hairy above, long-hairy below, soon deciduous; stem leaves similar, reduced upwards
• disk flowers reddish-purple
Officially added to list in 2014
NWIPC's Annual Report for 2017 was released at our AGM in Smithers in October 2018. Check it out here.
Land owners and managers have long recognized the need to control invasive plants to limit their impacts. In May 2018, a new smartphone app...
