Asteraceae
Squarrose knapweed
Centaurea virgata
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Centaurea
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Common names
By language (5)
- Arabic
- قنطريون قضيبي
- Chinese
- 帚矢车菊
- English
- Squarrose knapweed
- Finnish
- Risukaunokki
- Persian
- گل گندم زبر
Synonyms
- Acosta virgata (Lam.) Holub
- Centaurea virgata var. virgata
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Dûrzan, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dûrzan, CC0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.