Centaurea montana

FamilyGenus: Flockenblumenheimisch in Deutschland

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Interactions

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About this species

An introduced, herbaceous plant in Britain with broad leaves, reaching 30–70 cm tall and producing flowers from May to July. It supplies nectar and pollen that benefit visiting insects.

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Pollination

Ecological significance

The plant provides nectar (value 2) and pollen (value 2), making it a resource for flower‑visiting insects.

Annual cycle

A herbaceous plant, it produces broad foliage each season, with the main flowering period running from May to July. Overall height typically ranges between 30 and 70 cm.

Standort & Merkmale

Light

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Soil

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Bloom time

Mai – Jul

Bioregion

Continental

Nectar value

Pollen value

Growth form

Krautige Pflanze

Woodiness

Nicht verholzt

Leaf type

Breitblättrig

Morphological traits: TRY ID3 (CC BY 3.0) & TRY ID81 (CC BY)

Pollen

28 mg/Blüte

Scientific profile

Centaurea montana is a herbaceous, non‑woody perennial with broad leaves and a typical height of 30–70 cm. It is an introduced, established species in Great Britain, where it flowers between May and July. Its root system associates with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AM).

Bestäuber & Besucher

19 Arten interagieren mit dieser Pflanze

Bombus sylvestrisApis melliferaBombus lucorum Bombus pratorum Bombus pascuorum Bombus lapidarius Bombus jonellus Bombus hypnorumVanessa virginiensisEuphydryas desfontainiiMelitaea aetherieMelitaea phoebeMelitaea ornataMelitaea variaBombus.hypnorumBombus.pratorumEpisyrphus balteatus Bombus hortorum Bombus terrestris

Sources & data origin

•TraitCH — CC BY 4.0TraitCH 2.0 contributors; imported as source-preserving NaturKompass taxon evidence.

•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)

•Middleton-Welling_2020

•pollinator_interactions

•Baden-Böhm F, App M, Thiele J (2022) — The FloRes Database: A floral resources trait database for pollinator habitat-assessment generated by a multistep workflow. Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Dryad, DOI: 10.5061/dryad.djh9w0w29 (CC0)

•FloraWeb / BfN

•EuPPollNet — Kuppler et al. (2025), DOI: 10.1111/geb.70000 (CC BY 4.0)

•Database of Pollinator Interactions (DoPI) — Pocock et al. (2022), DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3801 (CC BY)

•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)

•TRY Categorical Traits (ID3) — Kattge et al. (2012), DOI: 10.17871/TRY.3 (CC BY 3.0)

•TRY Global Spectrum (ID81) — Díaz et al. (2016/2021), DOI: 10.17871/TRY.81 (CC BY)

•Govaerts R et al. (2025) — World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) v14. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. DOI: 10.34885/xs7h-ze42 (CC BY 4.0)

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