Centaurea aspera

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|genus = Centaurea

|species = aspera

|authority = L. 1753

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Centaurea aspera, the rough star-thistle,{{PLANTS|id=CEAS2|taxon=Centaurea aspera|accessdate=13 January 2016}}{{BSBI 2007 |accessdate=2014-10-17 }} is a species of Centaurea found in Europe and in New York, United States.{{cite web|url=http://www.tropicos.org/Name/2702127|title= Centaurea aspera in Tropicos}}

Centaurea aspera 3.jpg| Flower Bud

Centaurea aspera 1.jpg| Plant

File:Centaurea aspera MHNT.BOT.2007.40.119.jpg|Centaurea aspera - MHNT