Asteraceae
Diffuse knapweed
Centaurea diffusa
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Centaurea
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Common names
By language (16)
- Arabic
- قنطريون منتشر
- arz
- قنطريون منتشر
- Azerbaijani
- Səpələng güləvər
- Belarusian
- Васілёк раскідзісты
- Bulgarian
- Рехава метличина
- Chinese
- 鋪散矢車菊, 鋪散矢车菊, 铺散矢车菊
- Czech
- Chrpa rozkladitá
- Dutch
- Diffuse knapweed
- English
- Diffuse knapweed
- Estonian
- Laiuv jumikas
- Finnish
- Harakankaunokki
- German
- Sparrige Flockenblume
- Japanese
- チェンタウレア・ディッフーザ
- Latvian
- Skrajā dzelzene
- Russian
- Василёк раскидистый
- Ukrainian
- Волошка розлога, Блават розлогий, Жебрій, Перекотиполе, Харлай, Волошка Компера
Synonyms
- Acosta diffusa (Lam.) Soják
- Acrolophus diffusus (Lam.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Centaurea ammophila Besser ex DC.
- Centaurea comperiana Steven
- Centaurea iljiniana N.B.Illar.
- Centaurea microcalathina A.O.Tarassov
- Centaurea myriocephala E.D.Clarke
- Centaurea myriocephala var. myriocephala
- Centaurea ovina hort. ex Steud.
- Centaurea parviflora M.Bieb.
- Centaurea parviflora Besser
- Centaurea sabulosa Ledeb. ex Spreng.
- Centaurea seresiensis Rech.f.
- Centaurea seriensis Rech.f.
- Centaurea spinosa Griseb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Diego Alex, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Daniel Halabica, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Norman E. Rees, USDA Agricultural Research Service - Retired, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: pit dib, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Norman E. Rees, USDA Agricultural Research Service - Retired, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: collart.jean-yves, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: USDA Agricultural Research Service Archive, USDA Agricultural Research Service, , CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: dariusz.swierk5, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Steve Dewey, Utah State University, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: pinkcherry, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.