Yellow Starthistle - LCCD has compiled a Chemical Handbook to assist producers with noxious weed treatments.
 Lander County Conservation District
Lander County, Nevada
Yellow Starthistle

Yellow Starthistle
Alias: Centaurea solstitialis

Distinguishing features:
(information taken from "Weeds of the West," Revised, 1992)

  • Grows up to 3 feet tall as a multi-branched plant.
  • First leaves form a rosette of deeply lobed leaves up to 8 inches long. These form close to the ground in the fall or spring after germination.
  • Second year leaves grow low on the plant, are deeply lobed, and 2 to 4 inches long. Upper leaves are narrower, pointed and smaller, forming fringe-like extensions along the stems. Both stem and leaves of the mature plant have a wooly appearance.
  • Flower heads are yellow and located singly at the tips of branched stems with outward pointing, inch long, stiff spines.
see also:
Control Methods for Yellow Starthistle

go to University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Web Site
Natural Resources: Weed Wanted Posters, click Yellow Starthistle


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