Asteraceae
Iberian knapweed
Centaurea iberica
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Centaurea
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Common names
By language (11)
- Arabic
- قنطريون أيبيري
- arz
- قنطريون ايبيرى
- Azerbaijani
- Gürcü güləvəri
- Chinese
- 針刺矢車菊, 针刺矢车菊
- English
- Iberian knapweed
- Georgian
- Ნარცეცხლა
- Hebrew
- דרדר מצוי
- Persian
- گل گندم چمنزار
- Polish
- Chaber gwieździsty
- Tajik
- Тугмагули иберӣ
- Uzbek
- Koʻztikan
Synonyms
- Calcitrapa iberica (Trevir. ex Spreng.) Schur
- Calcitrapa iberica Trevir. ex Spreng.
- Centaurea aegyptiaca Sm.
- Centaurea iberica var. iberica
- Centaurea macracantha Heldr. ex Boiss.
- Centaurea noeana Boiss.
- Centaurea pallescens var. iberica (Trevir. ex Spreng.) Gugler & Thell.
- Leucantha iberica (Trev. ex Spreng.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August (from 69 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: איתן פרמן, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: ariesaada, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: איתן פרמן, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: ariesaada, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Erhan yelekci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: hamzeh barati, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Erhan yelekci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Vitalii🌺Suprun, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Arkadiusz Nowak, Marcin Nobis, Sylwia Nowak, Agnieszka Nobis, Anna Wróbel, Sebas, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Abdulghaffar Alirezaie, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Orzigul Anvarova, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Nash Ash, 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.