Greater Knapweed Flower, Centaurea scabiosa, Asteraceae. Totternhoe Knolls, Chilterns, Bedfordshire, UK. Greater knapweed is found growing in dry gras

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Greater Knapweed Flower, Centaurea scabiosa, Asteraceae. Totternhoe Knolls, Chilterns, Bedfordshire, UK. Greater knapweed is found growing in dry grasslands, hedgerows and cliffs on lime-rich soil. Upright branched stems terminate in single thistle-like flowerheads, each having an outer ring of extended, purple-pink "ragged" bracts which form a crown around the central flowers. It is a perennial herb.

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Location: Totternhoe Knolls, Chilterns, UK.
Photo credit: © Florapix / Alamy / Afripics
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