Centaurea montana L.

MASON COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Centaurea montana L. Asteraceae
Perennial, blue flowers, stem leaves
decurrent; naturalized and locally
common, roadsides, full sun, with Acer
macrophyllum, Tsuga heterophylla, Thuja
plicata, Oemleria, Rubus armeniacus, R.
ursinus, Polystichum munitum, Poa
pratensis, Schedonorus arundinaceus, NE
Old Belfair Highway near town of Bear
Creek, 2.8 air km SE of Tiger Lake, elev.
40 m, 47.4959° N, 122.8043° W
20 May 2018 Coll. Peter F. Zika 29210
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