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Brown Knapweed

Centaurea jacea L.

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Centaurea jacea (brown knapweed) is a herbaceous species of plant in the family Asteraceae, with a self-supporting growth habit. It has simple, broad leaves. Flowers are visited by Scarce Swallowtail, marbled white, Vanessa cardui, and Queen of Spain Fritillary. It is a photoautotroph.

URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0022142
Definition: whole plant herbaceous

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URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/self-supportingGrowthForm
Definition: an organism relying on its own supportive tissues rather than a climbing habit to achieve vertical growth

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0020042
Definition: A leaf in which the lamina is undivided

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0002359
Definition: A quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's width being notably higher than its length.
Attribution: [database_cross_reference: PATOC:GVG]

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECOCORE_00000013
Definition: A process during which a living entity generates food from abiotic sources and captures energy from light.

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EOL has data for 24 attributes, including:

geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region
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South Pacific
- URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/1910
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is eaten by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002471
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Uroleucon (Uromelan) jaceae (Linnaeus 1758)
parasite of
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002444
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Puccinia calcitrapae DC. 1805 (Rust fungus)
parasitized by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002445
- Definition: automatically added during harvest
- Comment: Auto-added during harvest #37. A human needs to edit this.
- Attribution: Global Biotic Interactions
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Syntomopus thoracicus Walker 1833
preyed upon by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002458
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Aeolothrips intermedius Bagnall 1934

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of brown knapweed

brown knapweed includes 11 children:

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