Asteraceae
Common crupina
Crupina vulgaris
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Crupina
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Common names
By language (8)
- Asturian
- Cabezu
- Bulgarian
- Обикновена крупина
- Chinese
- 半毛菊
- Czech
- Chrpinka obecná
- English
- Common crupina
- German
- Gewöhnlicher Schlüpfsame
- kab
- Tisennanin
- Persian
- سیاهفندق معمولی
Synonyms
- Centaurea acuta Lam.
- Centaurea crupina L.
- Centaurea tenuifolia Salisb.
- Centaurea vulgaris Pers.
- Crupina acuta Fritsch ex Janch.
- Crupina alpestris Arv.-Touv.
- Crupina brachypappa Jord. & Fourr.
- Crupina crupina H.Karst.
- Crupina crupinastrum subsp. brachypappa (Jord. & Fourr.) Beauverd
- Crupina oligantha Tschern.
- Crupina pauciflora Hoffmanns. & Link
- Crupina pauciflora Kar. & Kir.
- Crupina vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
- Crupina vulgaris var. vulgaris
- Cyanus lanceolatus Moench
- Serratula crupina Vill.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos

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Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.