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English: Close-up of Yellow Star-thistle (Centaurea solstitialis).
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US-AgriculturalResearchService-Logo.svg This image was released by the Agricultural Research Service, the research agency of the United States Department of Agriculture, with the ID K9658-1 (next).

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English Wikipedia, original upload 22 September 2002 by Ellmist
Author Peggy Greb
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