Asteraceae
Sweetsultan
Amberboa moschata
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Amberboa
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Common names
By language (9)
- Arabic
- عنبر, عنبر بوى
- Armenian
- Վարդատերեփուկ մուշկային
- Chinese
- 珀菊
- English
- Sweetsultan
- Estonian
- Lõhnav ambralill
- Finnish
- Tuoksukaunokki
- German
- Duftende Bisamblume, Moschusflockenblume
- Japanese
- ニオイヤグルマギク, スイートサルタン, スイート・サルタン
- Russian
- Амбербоа мускусная
Synonyms
- Amberboa moschata subsp. moschata
- Amberboa odorata var. glauca (Muss.Puschk. ex Willd.) DC.
- Centaurea moschata L.
- Centaurea moschata var. moschata
- Centaurium moschatum Cass.
- Centaurium suaveolens Cass.
- Chryseis moschata Cass.
- Cyanus luteus Moench
- Cyanus moschatus Gaertn.
- Oligochaeta moschata (L.) M.R.Almeida
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Epibase, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vladimir Pankratov, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vladimir Pankratov, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.