Asteraceae
Centaurea vanensis
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Centaurea
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Common names
By language (1)
- Persian
- گل گندم وانی
Photos

Photo: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Centaurea vanensis: Centaurea vanensis — Herbarium specimen from [Turkey] B9 Van, 20 km from Hosap to Baskale. SW stony slope N of pass. 2750 meters., Türkiye. Collected by Davis (](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Centaurea_vanensis_%28GBIF_1638363587%29.jpg/500px-Centaurea_vanensis_%28GBIF_1638363587%29.jpg)
Photo: Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Centaurea vanensis: Centaurea vanensis — Herbarium specimen from In Aridis Aderbidjan[e], Türkiye. Collected by Aucher-Éloy, P.M.R.. Recorded in GBIF occurrence 4906848338 .](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Centaurea_vanensis_%28GBIF_4906848338%29.jpg/1280px-Centaurea_vanensis_%28GBIF_4906848338%29.jpg)
Photo: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification 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.