Centaurea benedicta ? (USA)

Centaurea benedicta (L.) L., 1296 1763. (syn: Benedicta officinalis Bernh.; Calcitrapa benedicta (L.) Sw.; Calcitrapa lanuginosa Lam.; Carbenia benedicta (L.) Benth.; Cardosanctus officinalis (Bernh.) Bub.; Carduus benedictus (L.) Garsault; Carduus benedictus (L.) Steud.; Centaurea centriflora Friv. ex Gugler; Centaurea pseudobenedicta E. H. L. Krause; Cnicus benedictus L.; Cnicus benedictus var. kotschyi (Sch. Bip.) Boiss.; Cnicus bulgaricus P. P. Panov; Cnicus kotschyi Sch. Bip.; Cnicus microcephalus Boiss.; Cnicus pseudobenedictus Hort. Dorpat. ex Aschers.; Epitrachys microcephala C. Koch; Hierapicra benedicta (L.) Kuntze);

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