Asteraceae
Black knapweed
Centaurea nigrescens
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Centaurea
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Common names
By language (7)
- Bulgarian
- Чернееща метличина
- Chinese
- 繐裂矢车菊, 繸裂矢车菊
- Czech
- Chrpa černající
- English
- Black knapweed, Tyrol knapweed, Short-fringed knapweed, Tyrol thistle
- French
- Centaurée noirâtre, Centauree noiratre
- German
- Schwärzliche Flockenblume
- Italian
- Fiordaliso nerastro
Synonyms
- Centaurea bracteata Balb. ex Steud.
- Centaurea brevipappa Boiss. & Reut.
- Centaurea denticulata Lej.
- Centaurea dubia subsp. nigrescens (Willd.) Hayek
- Centaurea dubia subsp. vochinensis (Bernh. ex Rchb.) Hayek ex Hegi
- Centaurea jacea subsp. nigrescens (Willd.) Čelak.
- Centaurea kochii F.Schultz ex Nyman
- Centaurea nigrescens var. nigrescens
- Centaurea schemnitzensis hort. ex Steud.
- Centaurea sciaphila Vuk.
- Centaurea subcordata Freyn & Sint.
- Centaurea trapezuntina Boiss.
- Centaurea tubulosa Chab. ex Nyman
- Cyanus nigrescens J.Presl & C.Presl
- Jacea nigrescens (Willd.) Soják
- Jacea nigrescens subsp. nigrescens
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Bogdan assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: jonas benichou, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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Photo: Enrico Blasutto, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Isabelle pirot, 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.