Asteraceae
Centaurea acaulis
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Centaurea
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- أرجيقن
- kab
- Arjaknu
Synonyms
- Centaurea acaulis subsp. acaulis
- Centaurea acaulis subsp. balansae (Boiss. & Reut.) Murb.
- Centaurea acaulis var. acaulis
- Centaurea acaulis var. balansae (Boiss. & Reut.) Batt.
- Centaurea balansae Boiss. & Reut.
- Centaurea choulettiana Pomel
- Centaurea nidulans Pomel
- Centaurea pharaonis Pomel
- Colymbada acaulis (L.) Holub
- Colymbada balansae (Boiss. & Reut.) Holub
Photos

Photo: Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0, 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). About our plant data.