Asteraceae
Wild sandheath
Centaurea eriophora
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Centaurea
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- قنطريون حامل الصوف
- arz
- قنطريون حامل الصوف
- Chinese
- 棉毛矢车菊
- English
- Wild sandheath
Synonyms
- Calcitrapa eriophora (L.) Moench
- Cyanus eriophorus (L.) Gaertn.
- Eriopha eriopha Hill
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Eusebiol, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eusebiol, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fatima zahra dahman, CC0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.