Asteraceae
Maltese centaury
Cheirolophus crassifolius
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Cheirolophus
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Common names
By language (6)
- arz
- شيرولوفوس كراسيفوليوس
- Chinese
- 海耳菊
- English
- Maltese centaury, Maltese rock-centaury
- Maltese
- Widnet il-Baħar
- Persian
- کیرولوپوس کراسیفولیوس, سنتائوری مالت, چریولوپوس کراسیفولیوس
- Spanish
- Palaeocyanus
Synonyms
- Centaurea crassifolia Bertol.
- Centaurea nitida Naldi ex DC.
- Centaurea spathulata Zerafa
- Palaeocyanus crassifolius (Bertol.) Dostál
Photos

Photo: Denis Barthel, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jeffrey Sciberras, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Denis Barthel, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Denis Barthel, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Denis Barthel, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Denis Barthel, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Denis Barthel, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Denis Barthel, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Denis Barthel, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Denis Barthel, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Denis Barthel, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Denis Barthel, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.