General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 24 to 30 inches
Plant Spread: 18 to 24 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Underground structures: Taproot
Uses: Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies

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Common names
  • Knapweed
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Psephellus dealbatus
  • Synonym: Centaurea dealbata

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Location: Stillingfleet Lodge Garden, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-06-29

photo credit: H. Zell

photo credit: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma
Location: My garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2014-05-18
Location: My garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2014-05-17

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