{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Speciesbox |image = Centaurea diluta (37.548916,-4.640892,Co,IV,MFR) D3S2 01c.jpg |genus = Centaurea |species = diluta |authority = Aiton }}
'''''Centaurea diluta''''', the '''lesser star-thistle''',<ref name=BSBI07>{{BSBI 2007 |accessdate=2014-10-17 }}</ref> '''North African knapweed''',<ref>{{PLANTS|id=CEDI4|taxon=Centaurea diluta|accessdate=13 January 2016}}</ref> or '''pale-flowered centaury''',<ref>{{Cite book |last=Aiton |first=William |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5875020#page/263/mode/1up |title=Hortus Kewensis, or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew |publisher=George Nicol |year=1789 |volume=3 |location=London |pages=261}}</ref> is a species of ''Centaurea''. It is native to southwestern Europe and northern Africa.
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diluta Category:Flora of Malta
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