Asteraceae
American basketflower
Plectocephalus americanus
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Plectocephalus
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Common names
By language (8)
- Arabic
- قنطريون أمريكي
- arz
- قنطريون امريكى
- Bulgarian
- Американска метличина
- Chinese
- 大矢车菊
- English
- American basketflower
- German
- Amerikanische Flockenblume
- Russian
- Василёк американский
- udm
- Америкаысь зангари
Synonyms
- Centaurea americana Nutt.
- Centaurea mexicana DC.
- Centaurea nuttallii Spreng.
Photos
Photo: user:pschemp, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dwight Sipler [2] Uploaded by uleli, CC BY 2.0, 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.