Asteraceae
Bighead knapweed
Centaurea macrocephala
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Centaurea
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Common names
By language (9)
- Belarusian
- Грасгеймія буйнагаловая
- Chinese
- 大头矢车菊, 大花矢车菊
- Czech
- Chrpa žlutokvětá
- English
- Bighead knapweed
- Finnish
- Keltakaunokki
- French
- Centaurée à grosse tête, Centauree a grosse tete
- German
- Großköpfige Flockenblume, Riesen-Flockenblume
- Polish
- Chaber wielkogłówkowy
- Welsh
- Y bengaled benfawr
Synonyms
- Grossheimia macrocephala (Muss.Puschk. ex Willd.) Sosn. & Takht.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Julie Anne Workman, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dwight Sipler from Stow, MA, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dwight Sipler from Stow, MA, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dwight Sipler from Stow, MA, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Yellow star-thistleCentaurea solstitialisAsteraceae
- Common knapweedCentaurea nigraAsteraceae
- Red star-thistleCentaurea calcitrapaAsteraceae
- Maltese star-thistleCentaurea melitensisAsteraceae
- Diffuse knapweedCentaurea diffusaAsteraceae
- Spotted knapweedCentaurea stoebeAsteraceae
- Iberian knapweedCentaurea ibericaAsteraceae
- Wig knapweedCentaurea phrygiaAsteraceae
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.