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Pronunciation: sen-TORE-ee-a mel-i-TEN-sis
Common name: Tocalote
Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower)
Habitat: Disturbed fields, pastures, open woods, along roadsides, to 6000', one of California's most pernicious weeds, naturalized from Southern Europe
Blooming period: May to June
Name derivations: 1) Centaurea 2) melitensis