Centaurea moschata L.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Asteraceae
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Scientific Name
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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.
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Common Names
sweet sultan