Asteraceae
Centaurea macroptilon
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Centaurea
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Synonyms
- Centaurea jacea subsp. microptilon (Godr.) E.Sauer
- Centaurea macroptilon subsp. macroptilon
- Centaurea osmanica Conrath
- Jacea macroptilon (Borbás) Soják
- Jacea macroptilon subsp. macroptilon
- Jacea osmanica (Conrath) Soják
Photos

Photo: Ljaž, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ljaž, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ljaž, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ljaž, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ljaž, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.