Diffuse Knapweed

Centaurea diffusa

A diffuse knapweed plant just before it starts to produce flower heads.

A diffuse knapweed plant just before it starts to produce flower heads.

A flowering diffuse knapweed plant. Once this plant produces seed, the plant will dry and the wind will carry it like a tumbleweed dispersing seeds. 

A flowering diffuse knapweed plant. Once this plant produces seed, the plant will dry and the wind will carry it like a tumbleweed dispersing seeds. 

Diffuse knapweed infestation near Owhi Lake. This population of knapweed plants has an active population of biological controls. 

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