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Asteraceae

Centaurea orientalis L.

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Centaurea

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Centaurea orientalis: Волошка східна. Дніпропетровська область, Криворізький район
Photo: DegoleX, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (5)
Belarusian
Васілёк усходні
Bulgarian
Източна метличина
Chinese
东方矢车菊
Russian
Василёк восточный
Ukrainian
Волошка східна

Synonyms

  • Acrocentron orientale (L.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
  • Centaurea neglecta Schott ex Spreng.
  • Centaurea orientalis subsp. orientalis
  • Centaurea rigidifolia Besser ex DC.
  • Centaurea rubescens Besser ex DC.
  • Centaurea tatarica L.f.
  • Colymbada orientalis (L.) Holub
  • Cyanus orientalis Baumg.

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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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.