Native to southwestern Europe, northwestern Africa.
V. muricata is an annual or perennial plant in the Asteraceae Family. It grows to 5 dm tall and the disk flowers are pink-purple or lavender with spreading lobes.
Not sold as an ornamental.
by Richard SpellenbergCommon Name(s)
Morocco knapweed
Synonym(s)
Cyanopsis muricata, Amberboa micractis, Amberboa muricata, Centaurea muricata, Volutarella muricata
Is this plant a cultivar? No
Life History: Perennial
Growth Form: forb
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