Asteraceae

Rock knapweed

Centaurea rupestris L.

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Centaurea

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Rock knapweed (Centaurea rupestris) — FlowerPhoto: Drepanostoma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (3)

Bulgarian: Скална метличина
Chinese: 岩石矢车菊
English: Rock knapweed

Synonyms

Acrocentron tenuifolium Cass.
Calcitrapa rupestris Sweet
Centaurea adonidifolia Rchb.
Centaurea rupestris subsp. aculeata Arcang.
Centaurea rupestris subsp. rupestris
Centaurea rupestris var. rupestris
Centaurea saxatilis Bertol. ex Nyman
Centaurea variabilis Bartl. ex Steud.
Colymbada rupestris (L.) Holub
Colymbada rupestris subsp. rupestris

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Drepanostoma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Drepanostoma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Lulëzim Shuka, Kit Tan, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Boris Gaberšček, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Boris Gaberšček, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Benjamin Zwittnig, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Benjamin Zwittnig, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Benjamin Zwittnig, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Benjamin Zwittnig, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Benjamin Zwittnig, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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). About our plant data.