knapweed

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• Russian knapweed is a problem in ranges and pastures in the western United States, where it grows up to 4 feet tall and takes over otherwise productive land.
• Common knapweed is like a pretty thistle without prickles. Times, Sunday Times
• The thistles, knapweeds and willowherbs are truer purple, but the bluish nettle-leaved bellflowers and field scabious are also tinged with that mysterious shadow which has more to do with night than golden day. Country diary: Wenlock Edge
• Some landscapes these days have been reduced to nothing but dandelions and fire ants, knapweed and thistle, where the only remaining wildlife are sparrows, squirrels, and starlings.
• Mauve scabious and darker purple knapweed wave their heads in the aftermath of a summer thunderstorm. Butterflies: out of the blue
• Spotted knapweed is not killed by fire, but sagebrush is.
• Hemp agrimony, bird's-foot trefoil and knapweed attracted the attention of commas, common blues, red admirals and the only painted ladies we've encountered so far this year. Country diary: Durham coast
• Plants thriving on the meadows include oxeye daisy, yellow-rattle, meadowsweet, bird's-foot trefoil and common knapweed.
• The abundance of knapweed leads to lots of gallfly larvae, which serve as a food subsidy for the mice. YubaNet.com
• Sleepy bumblebees are often found on the greater knapweed flowers. Times, Sunday Times