Asteraceae
Iranian knapweed
Centaurea depressa
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Centaurea
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Common names
By language (5)
- Arabic
- قنطريون منخفض
- English
- Iranian knapweed
- Finnish
- Kääpiökaunokki
- Ukrainian
- Волошка притиснута
- Uzbek
- Boʻtakoʻz
Synonyms
- Centaurea anatolica Griseb.
- Centaurea depressa var. amasiana Bornm.
- Centaurea depressa var. depressa
- Centaurea pygmaea Hoffm.
- Cyanus depressus (M.Bieb.) Soják
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Алексей Ябс, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Pavel Smirnov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jorge Íñiguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Михаил Орлов, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Musa geçit, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Вячеслав Юсупов, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: brewbooks J. Brew, from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Анатолий Озерной /Anatoly Ozernoy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: RandomObserver, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: kirinzi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Orzigul Anvarova, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.