NAZ Flora: A Photographic, Annotated Catalog of Northern Arizona Vascular Plants, published by Mindbird Maps & Books

Centaurea melitensis

Maltese Star-thistle; Tocalote

A member of the Asteraceae, the Aster Family

Flowering branches of Centaurea melitensis south of Kingman, Arizona.

Flowering branches.
Along Hualapai Mountain Road, about 4½ miles southeast of Historic Route 66
outside Kingman city limits; elevation ca. 4250 feet.

21 June 2010.

 

Flower head of Centaurea melitensis, south of Kingman, Arizona.

Detail of prior image showing flower heads.

 

Habitat of Centaurea melitensis, south of Kingman, Arizona.

Habitat, the subject at lower center.
Same specimen as prior images.

21 June 2010.


Photographs copyright © Lee Dittmann.

This page created 3 July 2010.

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