Picture of Common Knapweed

The flower of the Common Knapweed, Centaurea nigra, as photographed close to Llyn Elsi, North Wales. By September the flowers are a feeding ground for Peacock Butterflies and I think that the webs showing on the flower heads may be the product of the butterfly caterpillars.

Common Knapweed

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