Asteraceae
Dagger flower
Mantisalca salmantica
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Mantisalca
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Common names
By language (4)
- Catalan
- Herba granera, Herba escombrera
- Czech
- Hispanka prutnatá
- English
- Dagger flower
- Russian
- Мантисалка саламанская
Synonyms
- Calcitrapa altissima Lam.
- Calcitrapa brevispina Moench
- Centaurea besseriana Janka ex Nyman
- Centaurea codruensis Prodan
- Centaurea salmantica L.
- Centaurea salmantica var. clusii (Spach) Ball
- Centaurea salmantica var. leptoloncha (Spach) Ball
- Centaurea salmantica var. salmantica
- Centaurea tenella hort. ex Spreng.
- Centaurea tenuiflora Fisch.
- Cirsium salamanticum Hill
- Crocodilium salmanticum Sweet
- Mantisalca salmantica var. biennis Maire
- Mantisalca salmantica var. leptoloncha (Spach) Ball
- Mantisalca salmantica var. salmantica
- Microlonchus cichoraceus K.Koch
- Microlonchus clusii Spach
- Microlonchus delilianus Spach
- Microlonchus elatus Spach
- Microlonchus gracilis Pomel
- Microlonchus leptolonchus Spach
- Microlonchus papposus Spach
- Microlonchus salmanticus DC.
- Microlonchus salmanticus var. gracilis (Pomel) Batt.
- Microlonchus salmanticus var. leptolonchus (Spach) Ball
- Microlonchus salmanticus var. salmanticus
- Microlonchus spinulosus Rouy
- Microlonchus valdemorensis Cut.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Philmarin, 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.