Brown knapweed
- Product number: 580170
- Origin: Europe
- Latin: Centaurea jacea
You can see the kinship with the well-known cornflower, but with lilac-pink flowers from a brown flower base. Give them a sunny spot, they grow in almost any soil and are important for bees, bumblebees, butterflies, etc., a good nectar plant. This protected wild plant is not very rare. Height 30-120 cm, flowers from June-September.
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Latin: Centaurea jacea
Dutch: Knoopkruid, Gewoon
English: Brown Knapweed
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- Flower colour: Lilac flowers from a brown flower base
- Origin: Europe
- Average growth height: 90 to 120 cm
- Annual or perennial: Perennial
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- Winter hardy: Forst hardy
- Ease of cultivation: Easy
- Latin: Centaurea jacea
- Dutch: Knapweed, Common
- Also known as: Not applicable / Not known
- English: Brown Knapweed
