Centaurea moschata L.

  • Authority

    Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

  • Family

    Asteraceae

  • Scientific Name

    Centaurea moschata L.

  • Description

    Species Description - Rarely escapes from cult. It is a glabrous or obscurely tomentulose annual or biennial with toothed to pinnatifid lvs, long-pedunculate, white, yellow, or purple heads with enlarged marginal fls, and entire invol bracts with broadly rounded, narrowly scarious tip.

  • Common Names

    sweet sultan