Asteraceae
Spotted knapweed
Centaurea stoebe
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Centaurea
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Common names
By language (12)
- arz
- قنطورس ستوبى
- Belarusian
- Васілёк рэйнскі
- Chinese
- 斑點矢車菊, 斑点矢车菊
- Czech
- Chrpa latnatá
- Dutch
- Rijncentaurie
- English
- Spotted knapweed
- Finnish
- Hietakaunokki, Reininkaunokki
- French
- Centaurée du rhin
- German
- Rispen-Flockenblume, Rispenflockenblume
- Polish
- Chaber nadreński
- Russian
- Василёк ложно-пятнистый, Василёк ложнопятнистый, Василёк пятнистый, Василёк рейнский
- Swedish
- Sandklint
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Bernd Haynold, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bernd Haynold, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Centaurea
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- Brownray knapweedCentaurea jaceaAsteraceae
- Blessed thistleCentaurea benedictaAsteraceae
- Greater knapweedCentaurea scabiosaAsteraceae
- Yellow star-thistleCentaurea solstitialisAsteraceae
- Common knapweedCentaurea nigraAsteraceae
- Red star-thistleCentaurea calcitrapaAsteraceae
- Maltese star-thistleCentaurea melitensisAsteraceae
- Diffuse knapweedCentaurea diffusaAsteraceae
- Iberian knapweedCentaurea ibericaAsteraceae
- Bighead knapweedCentaurea macrocephalaAsteraceae
- Wig knapweedCentaurea phrygiaAsteraceae
Sources: classification 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.