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Centaurea
Centaurea (/ˌsɛntɔːˈriːə/) is a genus of between 350 and 600 species of herbaceous thistle-like flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Members of the genus are found only north of the equator, mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere; the Middle East and surrounding regions are particularly species-rich. In the western United States, yellow starthistles are an invasive species. Around the year 1850, seeds from the plant had arrived to the state of California. It is believed that those...
60 branches of this group, most-observed first
spotted knapweed
speciesCentaurea stoebe
diffuse knapweed
speciesCentaurea diffusa
Centaurea cineraria
complexCentaurea cineraria
Jersey Knapweed
speciesCentaurea paniculata
Centaurea deusta
speciesCentaurea deusta
white perennial cornflower
speciesCentaurea alba
Centaurea arenaria
speciesCentaurea arenaria
Centaurea virgata
speciesCentaurea virgata
Centaurea caprina
speciesCentaurea caprina
Centaurea limbata
speciesCentaurea limbata
Spiny Knapweed
speciesCentaurea spinosa
Centaurea aristata
speciesCentaurea aristata
Centaurea borysthenica
speciesCentaurea borysthenica
Centaurea sterilis
speciesCentaurea sterilis
Centaurea × psammogena
hybridCentaurea × psammogena
Centaurea aplolepa
speciesCentaurea aplolepa
Centaurea pseudomaculosa
speciesCentaurea pseudomaculosa
Centaurea odessana
speciesCentaurea odessana
Centaurea ambigua
speciesCentaurea ambigua
Centaurea busambarensis
complexCentaurea busambarensis
Centaurea valesiaca
speciesCentaurea valesiaca
Centaurea majorovii
speciesCentaurea majorovii
Whitish-leaved Knapweed
speciesCentaurea leucophaea
Centaurea glaberrima
speciesCentaurea glaberrima
Centaurea boissieri
speciesCentaurea boissieri
Centaurea horrida
speciesCentaurea horrida
Centaurea sarandinakiae
speciesCentaurea sarandinakiae
Centaurea spinosociliata
speciesCentaurea spinosociliata
Centaurea breviceps
speciesCentaurea breviceps
Centaurea pulvinata
speciesCentaurea pulvinata
Bluish Knapweed
speciesCentaurea hanryi
Centaurea arrigonii
speciesCentaurea arrigonii
Centaurea jaennensis
speciesCentaurea jaennensis
Centaurea corymbosa
speciesCentaurea corymbosa
Centaurea grisebachii
speciesCentaurea grisebachii
Centaurea resupinata
speciesCentaurea resupinata
Centaurea cordubensis
speciesCentaurea cordubensis
Centaurea besseriana
speciesCentaurea besseriana
Centaurea argentea
speciesCentaurea argentea
Centaurea kartschiana
speciesCentaurea kartschiana
Centaurea parlatoris
complexCentaurea parlatoris
Centaurea tenacissima
speciesCentaurea tenacissima
Centaurea filiformis
speciesCentaurea filiformis
Centaurea japygica
speciesCentaurea japygica
Centaurea sarfattiana
speciesCentaurea sarfattiana
Centaurea pomeliana
speciesCentaurea pomeliana
Centaurea kilaea
speciesCentaurea kilaea
Centaurea rouyi
speciesCentaurea rouyi
Centaurea diomedea
speciesCentaurea diomedea
Centaurea cyprensis
speciesCentaurea cyprensis
Centaurea attica
speciesCentaurea attica
Centaurea varnensis
speciesCentaurea varnensis
Centaurea protomargaritacea
speciesCentaurea protomargaritacea
Centaurea paui
speciesCentaurea paui
Centaurea aggregata
speciesCentaurea aggregata
Centaurea cuneifolia
speciesCentaurea cuneifolia
Centaurea gadorensis
speciesCentaurea gadorensis
Centaurea tymphaea
speciesCentaurea tymphaea
Centaurea margarita-alba
speciesCentaurea margarita-alba
Centaurea cristata
speciesCentaurea cristata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.80
Herbal of Virtues
1499 · p.79
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.109
Latin Herbal
1484 · p.79
Herbarius
1485 · p.80
Herbarius latinus (with French synonyms)
1486 · p.81
Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.77
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.107
Garden of Health
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.107
The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation
Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.102
Garden of Health
1507 · p.87
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.164
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 972154.