- Family:
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
- Genus:
- Centaurea L.
- Species:
- Centaurea nigra L.
Centaurea nigra subsp. nigra

Native to:
Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Algeria, British Columbia, California, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., South Australia, Vermont, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin
- Centaurea babingtonii Lacaita ex Hayek
- Centaurea commutata Timb.-Lagr. ex Nyman
- Centaurea endresii Hochst. & Steud. ex Steud.
- Centaurea fulva A.Huet
- Centaurea microptilon Godr. & Gren.
- Centaurea nigra var. radiata DC.
- Centaurea nigra f. radiata (DC.) F.Seym.
- Centaurea nigricans Link ex Spreng.
- Centaurea obscura Jord.
- Centaurea rufescens Noulet ex Nyman
- Centaurea sessiliflora L.
- Centaurea spathulata Ten.
- Cyanus niger Gaertn.
- Jacea nigra Garsault
- Jacea nigra Hill
- Jacea vulgaris Bernh.
- Platylophus obscurus Fourr.
- Rhaponticum ciliatum Lam.
- Setachna microptilon Dulac
- Setachna nigra Dulac
Centaurea nigra subsp. nigra appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Boreau, A. [s.n.], France | K000794002 | Yes |
Accepted by
- Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
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