Brown Knapweed vs puma

Centaurea jacea compared with Puma concolor

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Knapweed	puma
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Centaurea	Puma (Pumas)
Species	Centaurea jacea	Puma concolor

Conservation Status

Brown Knapweed

LC — Least Concern

puma

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Knapweed	puma
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brown Knapweed

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Tajikistan), Europe (9 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Chile).

puma

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, United States, and Venezuela.

Brown Knapweed

The Brown Knapweed (Centaurea jacea) is a species in the genus Centaurea. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.