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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. Common names for this genus are centaury, centory, starthistles, knapweeds, centaureas and the more ambiguous "bluets"; a vernacular name used for these plants in parts of England is "loggerheads" (common knapweed)....
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Centaurea
subgenusCentaurea
knapweeds, bluets, loggerheads, and allies
subgenusCyanus
Lopholoma
subgenusLopholoma
Solstitiaria
subgenusSolstitiaria
Seridia
subgenusSeridia
singleflower knapweed
speciesCentaurea nervosa
single-flower knapweed
speciesCentaurea uniflora
Pectinate Knapweed
speciesCentaurea pectinata
Centaurea chartolepis
speciesCentaurea chartolepis
Centaurea hyssopifolia
speciesCentaurea hyssopifolia
Rhaetian Knapweed
speciesCentaurea rhaetica
d'Urville's Star-thistle
speciesCentaurea urvillei
Centaurea gallaecica
speciesCentaurea gallaecica
Centaurea linifolia
speciesCentaurea linifolia
Centaurea langei
speciesCentaurea langei
Centaurea crocodylium
speciesCentaurea crocodylium
Silver Knapweed
speciesCentaurea ragusina
Centaurea ascalonica
speciesCentaurea ascalonica
Centaurea bruguiereana
speciesCentaurea bruguiereana
Centaurea trichocephala
speciesCentaurea trichocephala
Centaurea eryngioides
speciesCentaurea eryngioides
Centaurea pseudosinaica
speciesCentaurea pseudosinaica
Centaurea reflexa
speciesCentaurea reflexa
Centaurea pulchella
speciesCentaurea pulchella
Centaurea × pouzinii
hybridCentaurea × pouzinii
Microlophus
sectionMicrolophus
Centaurea lagascana
speciesCentaurea lagascana
Centaurea corcubionensis
speciesCentaurea corcubionensis
Centaurea drabifolia
speciesCentaurea drabifolia
Centaurea maroccana
speciesCentaurea maroccana
Centaurea borjae
speciesCentaurea borjae
Centaurea pungens
speciesCentaurea pungens
South-eastern Knapweed
speciesCentaurea dichroantha
Centaurea parviflora
speciesCentaurea parviflora
Thistle-leaved Knapweed
speciesCentaurea onopordifolia
Centaurea verutum
speciesCentaurea verutum
Centaurea toletana
speciesCentaurea toletana
Centaurea perrottetii
speciesCentaurea perrottetii
Phaeopappus
sectionPhaeopappus
Centaurea ultreiae
speciesCentaurea ultreiae
Centaurea sinaica
speciesCentaurea sinaica
Centaurea speciosa
speciesCentaurea speciosa
Centaurea × valentina
hybridCentaurea × valentina
Centaurea acaulis
speciesCentaurea acaulis
Centaurea praecox
speciesCentaurea praecox
Centaurea compereana
speciesCentaurea compereana
Lettuce-leaved Star-thistle
speciesCentaurea lactucifolia
Centaurea exarata
speciesCentaurea exarata
Centaurea oranensis
speciesCentaurea oranensis
Centaurea arachnoidea
speciesCentaurea arachnoidea
Centaurea laconica
speciesCentaurea laconica
Centaurea dhofarica
speciesCentaurea dhofarica
Centaurea dalmatica
speciesCentaurea dalmatica
Centaurea stereophylla
speciesCentaurea stereophylla
Centaurea ceratophylla
speciesCentaurea ceratophylla
Centaurea scoparia
speciesCentaurea scoparia
Centaurea subtilis
speciesCentaurea subtilis
Centaurea dumulosa
speciesCentaurea dumulosa
Centaurea gentilii
speciesCentaurea gentilii
Centaurea spruneri
speciesCentaurea spruneri
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…
Every page naming Centaurea in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 48160.