- Family:
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
- Genus:
- Centaurea L.
Centaurea scabiosa L.

Native to:
Albania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Poland, Romania, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
British Columbia, Connecticut, Føroyar, Idaho, Iowa, Kamchatka, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Maine, Montana, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Primorye, Québec, Sakhalin, Utah, Wisconsin, Wyoming
- Centaurea scabiosa subsp. adpressa (Ledeb.) Gugler
- Centaurea scabiosa subsp. alpestris (Hegetschw.) Nyman
- Centaurea scabiosa subsp. apiculata (Ledeb.) Mikheev
- Centaurea scabiosa subsp. badensis (Tratt.) Gugler
- Centaurea scabiosa subsp. cephalariifolia (Willk.) Greuter
- Centaurea scabiosa subsp. fritschii (Hayek) Hayek
- Centaurea scabiosa subsp. grinensis (Reut.) Nyman
- Centaurea scabiosa subsp. integra Greuter
- Centaurea scabiosa subsp. menteyerica (Vill.) Nyman
- Centaurea scabiosa var. nana P.D.Sell
- Centaurea scabiosa subsp. sadleriana (Janka) Asch. & Graebn.
- Centaurea scabiosa subsp. scabiosa
- Centaurea scabiosa subsp. spinulosa (Spreng.) Arcang.
- Centaurea scabiosa subsp. tematinensis (Domin) Domin
- English
- Greater Knapweed
Centaurea scabiosa L. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Cope, T.A. [RBG 395], United Kingdom | K000914404 | Yes |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 913 (1753)
Accepted by
- Aver'ianov, L.V. & al. (2006). Illyustrirovannyi opredelitel' rastenii Leningradskoi oblasti: 1-799. Nauka, Moskva.
- Chadde, S.W. (2019). Wisconsin Flora ed. 2: 1-818. Steve W. Chadde.
- Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1992). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 6: 1-428. Nauka, Leningrad.
- Kozhevnikov, A.E., Kozhevnikov, Z.V., Kwak, M. & Lee, B.Y. (2019). Illustrated flora of the Primorsky Territory, Russian Far East: 1-1124. National institute of biological resources.
- Litvinskaya, S.A. & Murtazaliev, R.A. (2013). Flora of the Northern Caucasus: An Atlas and Identification Book: 1-688. Fiton XXI.
- Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Aver'ianov, L.V. & al. (2006). Illyustrirovannyi opredelitel' rastenii Leningradskoi oblasti: 1-799. Nauka, Moskva.
- Chadde, S.W. (2019). Wisconsin Flora ed. 2: 1-818. Steve W. Chadde.
- Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1992). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 6: 1-428. Nauka, Leningrad.
- Krasnoborov, I.M. (ed.) (2007). Flora of Siberia 13: 1-499. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Living Collection Database
Common Names from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Living Collection https://www.kew.org/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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