issg Database: Ecology of Acroptilon repens

Acroptilon repens (herb)

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Taxonomic name: Acroptilon repens (L.) DC.
Synonyms: Centaurea picris Pallas ex Willd., Centaurea repens L.
Common names: hardheads (English), Russian knapweed (English)
Organism type: herb
Acroptilon repens is native to Mongolia, western Turkestan, Iran, Turkish Armenia and Asia Minor and is now present on every continent. It is severely invasive in Europe, USA and Canada. It is commonly found in cultivated fields, orchards, grain and alfalfa fields, pastures, along roadsides, irrigation ditches and in waste sites.
Occurs in:
agricultural areas, range/grasslands, ruderal/disturbed
Reviewed by: Interim profile, not reviewed

Compiled by: IUCN/SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG)

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Last Modified: Tuesday, 14 February 2006

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