Centaurea uniflora reaches a height of 40–50 cm. It is densely covered with short rough hair. The stem is erect, leafy and has only one showy purplish-pink flower. The green-gray leaves are dotted, narrowly lanceolate and smaller than one centimeter. The flowering period extends from July to September. The achenes are grayish brown.
This alpine plant occurs in the mountainous areas of the south-east Europe at altitudes above 1500 m, on warm, dry and nutrient-rich soils found in meadows and hillsides.
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centaurea, uniflora, singleflower, knapweed, perennial, herbaceous, plant, belonging, genus, centaurea, family, asteraceae, scientific, classificationkingdom, plantaeclade, tracheophytesclade, angiospermsclade, eudicotsclade, asteridsorder, asteralesfamily, as. Centaurea uniflora the singleflower knapweed is a perennial herbaceous plant belonging to the genus Centaurea of the family Asteraceae Centaurea unifloraScientific classificationKingdom PlantaeClade TracheophytesClade AngiospermsClade EudicotsClade AsteridsOrder AsteralesFamily AsteraceaeGenus CentaureaSpecies C unifloraBinomial nameCentaurea unifloraTurra Contents 1 Description 2 Distribution 3 Habitat 4 Subspecies 5 References 6 External linksDescription editCentaurea uniflora reaches a height of 40 50 cm It is densely covered with short rough hair The stem is erect leafy and has only one showy purplish pink flower The green gray leaves are dotted narrowly lanceolate and smaller than one centimeter The flowering period extends from July to September The achenes are grayish brown nbsp Flower of Centaurea uniflora nbsp Flower of Centaurea uniflora nbsp Leaves of Centaurea uniflora nbsp Flower of Centaurea unifloraDistribution editCentaurea uniflora is distributed in Austria Albania Bulgaria Montenegro France Greece Italy Hungary North Macedonia Romania Slovenia Serbia and Switzerland Habitat editThis alpine plant occurs in the mountainous areas of the south east Europe at altitudes above 1500 m on warm dry and nutrient rich soils found in meadows and hillsides Subspecies editCentaurea uniflora subsp davidovii Urum Dostal Centaurea uniflora subsp ferdinandi Gren Bonnier Centaurea uniflora subsp nervosa Willd Bonnier et Layens Centaurea uniflora subsp unifloraReferences editCentaurea uniflora Pignatti S Flora d Italia 3 vol Edagricole 1982External links edit nbsp Media related to Centaurea uniflora at Wikimedia Commons Biolib Plants Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Centaurea uniflora amp oldid 1172362365, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
