Key to Tasmanian Dicots
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Centaurea X monktonii (= C. jacea and C. nigra; Asteraceae) 2:379
Centaurea  X monktonii (Napweed) is an uncommon, annual, erect weed. It has reddish purple flower heads about 10-15mm wide. The phyllaries (the bracts surrounding the flowers) have light brown appendages that are neither deeply lobed nor spiny. The leaves are coarsely lobed.
 
 

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