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Flora
Entry for Centaurea senegalensis DC. [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 2,
Names
Centaurea senegalensisDC. [family COMPOSITAE], Prod. 6: 598 (1838); F.T.A. 3: 437; Chev. Bot. 376; Hagerup in Biol. Medd. 9, 4; 55; Schnell in Ic. Pl. Afr. I.F.A.N. t. 37; Berhaut Fl. Sén. 170.
Information
An annual or chamaephytic branched scabrid herb, erect 1-2 ft. high or prostrate; stem-leaves semi-amplexicaul, up to 2 in. long, the basal leaves of early growth larger; florets purple or mauve in spiny heads about 3/4 in. broad terminating leafy branches.
