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|accepted_name=Centaurea melitensis
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 917. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Tocalote;Maltese star thistle or centaury;Napa thistle;croix de Malte
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Cardueae;Centaurea;Centaurea melitensis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Cardueae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Centaurea]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Centaurea melitensis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 19
|mention_page=page 183
|treatment_page=page 193
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Annuals,</b> 10–100 cm, herbage loosely gray-tomentose and villous with jointed multicellular hairs, sometimes minutely scabrous, minutely resin-gland-dotted. <b>Stems</b> 1–few, few–many branched distally. <b>Leaves</b>: basal and proximal cauline petiolate or tapering to base, usually absent at anthesis, blades oblong to oblanceolate, 2–15 cm, margins entire to dentate or pinnately lobed; cauline long-decurrent, blades linear to oblong or oblanceolate, 1–5 cm, entire or dentate. <b>Heads</b> disciform, 1–few at branch tips, borne singly or in open leafy corymbiform arrays, sometimes clustered in distal axils, sessile or pedunculate. <b>Involucres</b> ovoid, 10–15 mm, loosely cobwebby-tomentose or becoming glabrous. <b>Principal</b> phyllaries: bodies ± stramineous, ovate, appendages purplish, spiny-fringed at base, each tipped by slender spine 5–10 mm. <b>Inner</b> phyllaries: appendages entire, acute or spine-tipped. <b>Florets</b> many; corollas yellow, those of sterile florets 10–12 mm, slender, inconspicuous, those of fertile florets 10–12 mm. <b>Cypselae</b> dull white or light brown, ca. 2.5 mm, finely hairy; pappi of many white, unequal, stiff bristles 2.5–3 mm. <b>2n</b> = 24.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering mostly spring–summer (Apr–Jul).
|habitat=Roadsides, fields, pine-oak woodlands, chaparral, agricultural areas
|elevation=0–1500 m
|distribution=Widely B.C.;Ala.;Ariz.;Calif.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Mass.;Miss.;Mo.;Nev.;N.J.;N.Mex.;Oreg.;Pa.;Tex.;Utah;Wash.;Wis.;Mexico (Baja California);Europe;Asia;Africa.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p><i>Centaurea melitensis</i> is native to the Mediterranean region. It is listed as a noxious weed in New Mexico.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Centaurea melitensis
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering mostly spring–summer (Apr–Jul).
|habitat=Roadsides, fields, pine-oak woodlands, chaparral, agricultural areas
|elevation=0–1500 m
|distribution=Widely B.C.;Ala.;Ariz.;Calif.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Mass.;Miss.;Mo.;Nev.;N.J.;N.Mex.;Oreg.;Pa.;Tex.;Utah;Wash.;Wis.;Mexico (Baja California);Europe;Asia;Africa.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Introduced
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V19-20-21/V19_225.xml
|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Cardueae
|genus=Centaurea
|species=Centaurea melitensis
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