Asteraceae
Centaurea behen
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Centaurea
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Common names
By language (3)
- Arabic
- قنطريون جلدي, بهمن أبيض, قنطريون بهمن
- Turkish
- Ak behmen, Zerdalidikeni
- Urdu
- بہمن سفید، بھمن سفید
Synonyms
- Behen album Garsault
- Centaurea acuta Vahl ex M.Bieb.
- Centaurea alata Lam.
- Centaurea brachyptera DC.
- Centaurea germaniciae Hausskn. ex Boiss.
- Centaurium acutum K.Koch
- Centaurium alatum (Lam.) K.Koch
- Centaurium behen (L.) K.Koch
- Microlophus behen (L.) Takht.
- Piptoceras behen Cass.
- Rhaponticum behen (L.) Ratier
Photos
Photo: Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andre Hosper, 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.