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Leucantha
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Leucantha

Centaurea (/ˌsɛntɔːˈriːə/) is a genus of over 700 species of herbaceous thistle-like flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Members of the genus are found only north of the equator, mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere; the Middle East and surrounding regions are particularly species-rich.

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6 branches of this group, most-observed first

White-flowered dandelion

speciesTaraxacum leucanthum

White Himalayan Dandelion

speciesTaraxacum candidatum

Taraxacum dealbatum

speciesTaraxacum dealbatum

Chinese dandelion

speciesTaraxacum sinicum

Taraxacum luridum

speciesTaraxacum luridum

Quetta Dandelion

speciesTaraxacum quettacum

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 967683.