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| Yellow star-thistle | |
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| Yellow star-thistle flower | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Centaurea |
| Species: | C. solstitialis
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| Binomial name | |
| Centaurea solstitialis | |
Centaurea solstitialis, the yellow star-thistle, is a species of thorny plant in the genus Centaurea, which is part of the family Asteraceae. A winter annual, it is native to the Mediterranean Basin region and invasive in many other places. It is also known as golden starthistle, yellow cockspur and St. Barnaby's thistle (or Barnaby thistle).[1]
- ^ DiTomaso, J (2001). "Element Stewarship Abstract for Centaurea solstitialis" (PDF). The Nature Conservancy. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-02-21. Retrieved 2007-06-01.