



centaurea melitensis
The Maltese Star-Thistle has bright yellow flowers that look like little stars! This plant is fun to find in the wild and is a food source for many insects.
Hábitat: It typically grows in sunny grasslands and open fields.
The Maltese Star-Thistle has bright yellow, solitary flowers with sharp, spiny bracts that look like tiny stars or sunbursts. Its stems are slender and often branched, giving the plant a somewhat bushy appearance, and its leaves are grayish-green, often lobed or toothed.




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It's an expert at surviving droughts, thanks to its super-long root system!
Its 'star' name comes from the spiky bracts beneath its yellow flowers!
The seeds have a feathery parachute, helping them float away on the wind to new homes!
This plant is often called a 'weed' because it's so good at growing almost anywhere!
Maltese Star-Thistle has sharp spines around its flowers and leaves that help protect it from hungry animals.
This plant can grow a super long taproot, helping it find water deep underground during dry spells.
Maltese Star-Thistle produces many seeds that can spread far, helping it pop up in lots of new places.
Apis mellifera
collects nectar and pollen
Larinus curtus
larvae feed on seeds within the flower head
Bos taurus
graze on young, less spiny plants
Colorido describe a organismos u objetos que exhiben una amplia variedad de colores brillantes y distintivos.
Este rasgo caracteriza a los organismos cuya dieta consiste total o principalmente en material vegetal.
Los hábitats de pastizales son biomas terrestres dominados por pastos y plantas herbáceas, que sustentan a una variedad de animales de pastoreo.
Peligro
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Avoid touching the spiky leaves.
10-90 cm
30-60 cm
1-2 cm
Late spring to mid-summer
Sí
Leve
Anual
Insectos
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