Centaurea melitensis L.

vernacular Maltese star-thistle — species · Asteraceae

USDA: CEME2
GBIF: 3128091
Rank: species

Maltese star-thistle (Centaurea melitensis) — Platephotograph · Franco FoliniCC BY-SA source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Annual, Biennial
Group: Dicot
Family: Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
Genus: Centaurea

§2a

Native status, by region

CAN Canada Introduced
HI Hawaii Introduced
L48 Lower 48 States Introduced

§2b

County-level range

· 142 counties across 14 states/territories

Legend Native · 0 Introduced · 142 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.

§4Counties, by state