Asteraceae
Greater knapweed
Centaurea scabiosa
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Centaurea
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Common names
By language (29)
- Arabic
- قنطريون أجرب
- arz
- قنطريون اغرب
- Basque
- Astuzker
- Belarusian
- Васілёк шурпаты
- Catalan
- Gratabous
- Chinese
- 蓝盆丘矢车菊, 山萝卜菊
- Croatian
- Rešetasta zečina
- Czech
- Chrpa čekánek
- Danish
- Stor Knopurt
- Dutch
- Grote centaurie
- English
- Greater knapweed
- Esperanto
- Skabioza centaŭreo
- Estonian
- Põldjumikas
- Finnish
- Ketokaunokki
- French
- Centaurée scabieuse, Centauree scabieuse
- German
- Skabiosen-Flockenblume, Scabiosenflockenblume, Skabiosenflockenblume
- Irish
- Mínscoth mhór
- Italian
- Fiordaliso vedovino
- Latvian
- Lielā dzelzene
- Lithuanian
- Didžiagalvė bajorė
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Fagerknoppurt
- Polish
- Chaber driakiewnik
- Russian
- Василёк шероховатый, Большеголовник, Василёк скабиозовый, Василёк шершавый, Шалабольник
- Slovak
- Nevädza hlaváčovitá
- Slovenian
- Poljski glavinec
- Spanish
- Anapera, Arnaza, Asnaza, Cardo garrapata, Centáurea mayor, Napera, Pedo-de-burro, Cabezuela
- Swedish
- Väddklint
- Ukrainian
- Волошка скабіозовидна
- Welsh
- Y bengaled fawr
Synonyms
- Acrocentron scabiosa (L.) A
- Acrocentron scabiosa (L.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Centaurea coriacea Willd.
- Centaurea scabiosa var. scabiosa
- Centaurea scabiosa var. vertesensis (Boros) Soó
- Colymbada scabiosa (L.) Holub
- Colymbada scabiosa (L.) Rauschert
- Colymbada scabiosa subsp. scabiosa
- Colymbada scabiosa var. scabiosa
Flowers
- In flower
- June to September (from 1,706 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Olivier Niederhauser, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michael Andresek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bobo-X, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ilythla, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Stanislav Murashkin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: jorgelopezmanes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nahima Boustad, 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.