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Centaurea (/ˌsɛntɔːˈriːə/) is a
genus of over 700
species of
herbaceous thistle-like
flowering plants in the
family Asteraceae.
Members of the
genus are...
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Centaurea cy****,
commonly known as
cornflower or bachelor's button, is an
annual flowering plant in the
family Asteraceae native to Europe. In the past...
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Centaurea montana, the
perennial cornflower,
mountain cornflower, bachelor's button,
montane knapweed or
mountain bluet, is a
species of
flowering plant...
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Centaurea solstitialis, the
yellow star-thistle, is a
species of
thorny plant in the
genus Centaurea,
which is part of the
family Asteraceae. A winter...
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Centaurea melitensis (called
Maltese star-thistle in Europe,
tocalote or
tocolote in
western North America) is an
annual plant in the
family Asteraceae...
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Centaurea stoebe, the
spotted knapweed or
panicled knapweed, is a
species of
Centaurea native to
eastern Europe,
although it has
spread to
North America...
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Centaurea scabiosa, or
greater knapweed, is a
perennial plant of the
genus Centaurea. It is
native to
Europe and
bears purple flower heads.
Greater knapweed...
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Centaurea benedicta,
known by the
common names St. Benedict's thistle,
blessed thistle, holy
thistle and
spotted thistle, is a thistle-like
plant in the...
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Centaurea triumfettii, the
squarrose knapweed, is a
species of
plant belonging to the
genus Centaurea of the
family Asteraceae. The
squarrose knapweed...
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described by Carl
Linnaeus in 1763 as
Centaurea repens.
Augustin Pyramus de
Candolle separated it from the
genus Centaurea in 1838,
placing it in the genus...