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yellow starthistle
Centaurea solstitialis L.


Taxonomic Rank: Magnoliopsida > Asterales > Asteraceae > Centaurea
Common Name Synonym(s): yellow star thistle, yellow star-thistle
Taxonomic Synonym(s):
Leucantha solstitialis L.
Category: Plants: Forbs/Herbs

83 Records
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0022044 Flower(s)
0022045 Flower(s)
0022046 Flower(s)
0022047 Plant(s)

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0022048 Plant(s)
0022049 Plant(s)
0022050 Stand
0024049 Survey a Russian entomologist examining a seed head
1148062 Plant(s)
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1317078 Flower(s)
1350003 Plant(s)
1350004 Flower(s)
1350005 Fruit(s)
1350006 Plant(s) Seedling stage
1350007 Plant(s) Rosette stage
1350008 Plant(s) Bolting stage
1350009 Plant(s) Small buds with yellow-green spines begin to be visible at the top.
1350010 Plant(s) Spines protrude more than half of the bud length.
1350011 Plant(s) Spines are equal to or greater than 45° angle from stem
1350012 Plant(s) Spines are straw-colored and equal to or greater than 90° angle from stem.
1350013 Plant(s) Flowering stage
1350014 Plant(s) Seed formation stage
1350015 Plant(s) Mature stage
1350016 Plant(s) Seed dissemination stage
1350017 Plant(s) Senescence stage
1350037 Plant(s)
1350038 Infestation example of yellow starthistle infestation suitable for a biological control program
1350039 Biological Control collecting yellow starthistle biocontrol agents
1350042 Monitoring monitoring for biocontrol agents
1350043 Monitoring monitoring a infestation
1355033 Biological Control Three weeks after yellow starthistle was inoculated with rust spores, ARS plant pathologist Bill Bruckart (left) and California Department of Food and Agriculture plant pathologist Dale Woods inspect one of 20 test sites to learn about the pathogen's performance.
1355034 Biological Control California Department of Food and Agriculture lab assistant Viola Popescu uses a cyclone spore collector developed at the Fort Detrick lab to harvest inoculum from plants at the CDFA greenhouse in Sacramento.
1355035 Biological Control Small, rust-colored spots on starthistle leaves. The presence of these spots indicates that the first field releases of rust spores on starthistle are a success.
1355036 Biological Control Morning dew on a yellow starthistle leaf. Evening inoculations with rust spores (from Puccinia jaceae var. solstitialis) are made to catch the overnight dew needed for spore germination and infection.
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1391535 Seedling(s)
1459652 Infestation
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1459656 Plant(s)
1459657 Infestation
1459658 Infestation
1459659 Infestation
1459660 Feature(s) winged stem margins
1459661 Foliage
1459662 Feature(s) Spines
1459663 Feature(s) Spines
1459664 Feature(s) Spines
1459665 Infestation
1459666 Plant(s)
1459667 Plant(s) Q-tips
1459668 Infestation
1459669 Plant(s)
1459670 Infestation
1459671 Plant(s) Rosette
1459672 Infestation
1624054 Plant(s) Native of Mediterranean region, is crowding out cattle forage as well as rare species such as this mariposa lily in Hells Canyon.
1624057 Dispersal

Invasive plants can be spread far and wide by people and as hitchhikers on vehicles.

1624060 Flower(s) Introduced from southern Europe and the Mediterranean region in the mid-1800s, is a serious rangeland weed throughout the western United States.
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5306095 Diagram or Graphic Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada. Vol. 3: 560.
5374358 Infestation
5374359 Plant(s)

in flower

5374360 Seedling(s)
5391594 Flower(s)
5391595 Fruit(s)
5391596 Stem(s)
5392039 Plant(s)

A large plant

5392040 Infestation

A dreadful patch

5392041 Infestation

Roadside

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Q-tip stage

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5400994 Stem(s)
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5400998 Foliage


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