species
Centaurea calcitrapa
Common star thistle · Purple star thistle · Red star thistle
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Centaurea calcitrapa belongs to the family Asteraceae, also known as Common star thistle, Purple star thistle or Red star thistle, introduced before 1500 and long since part of the landscape. It grows in full sun or part shade, where the ground is neutral and in well drained conditions.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Aspect
- Full sun, Part shade
- Acidity
- Neutral
- Moisture
- Well drained
- In the UK
- Archaeophyte (pre-1500)
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