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Asteraceae

Centaurea crocodylium L.

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Centaurea

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Centaurea crocodylium: Blush Centaury-thistle - Centaurea crocodylium, Tel Aviv
Photo: איתן פרמן, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)
Arabic
قنطريون تمساحي
Chinese
红矢车菊
Hebrew
דרדר גדול-פרחים

Synonyms

  • Calcitrapa cucullata Moench
  • Centaurea crocodylioides Boiss.
  • Centaurea dinsmoreana Bornm.
  • Colymbada crocodylium (L.) Holub
  • Crocodilium crocodylium (L.) Hill
  • Crocodilium cucullatum Sweet
  • Crocodilium syriacum Cass.

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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.