Asteraceae
Centaurea arenaria
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Centaurea
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Common names
By language (3)
- Azerbaijani
- Qumluq güləvəri
- Bulgarian
- Пясъчна метличина
- Hungarian
- Homoki imola
Synonyms
- Acosta arenaria (M.Bieb. ex Willd.) Soják
- Centaurea arenaria subsp. arenaria
Flowers
- In flower
- July to October (from 23 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos

Photo: Марина Давлетшина, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Марина Давлетшина, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Виктория Билоус, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Илья Руденко, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Pavel Smirnov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stanislav Murashkin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ульяна Лалак, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Марина Давлетшина, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Виктория Билоус, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.