Latin name: Rhaponticum repens (L.) Hidalgo
Pronunciation: ra-PON-ti-kum REE-pens
Common name: Russian knapweed
Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower)
Habitat: Fields, roads, grasslands, cultivated ground, to 6000', native to central Asia
Blooming period: May to September
Name derivations: 1) Rhaponticum 2) repens
Formerly Acroptilon repens
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