Centaurea jacea
A species in the Asteraceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Centaurea
- Species
- Centaurea jacea
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1753
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Centaurea jacea. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
32 synonyms in this snapshot
- Behen jaceaName author: (L.) Hill
- Centaurea commutataName author: (Koch) Stankov
- Centaurea consimilisName author: Boreau
- Centaurea croaticaName author: (Hayek) Soest
- Centaurea decumbensName author: Dubois ex Pers.
- Centaurea hastataName author: Gugler
- Centaurea humifusaName author: Gueldenst. ex Ledeb.
- Centaurea jacea f. jaceaName author: Not supplied
- Centaurea jacea f. majusculaName author: Rouy
- Centaurea jacea f. scopulicolaName author: Rouy
- Centaurea jacea subsp. jungensName author: Gugler
- Centaurea jacea subsp. lusitanicaName author: Hayek
- Centaurea jacea var. jaceaName author: Not supplied
- Centaurea jungensName author: Gugler
- Centaurea laceraName author: Simonk.
- Centaurea lusitanicaName author: (Hayek) Soest
- Centaurea majusculaName author: (Rouy) Soest
- Centaurea mediaName author: Gugler
- Centaurea mollisName author: Schleich.
- Centaurea nemophilaName author: Jord. ex Nyman
- Centaurea nigrescensName author: Gren. & Godr.
- Centaurea platylepisName author: Peterm.
- Centaurea pratensisName author: (Lam.) Salisb.
- Centaurea scopulicolaName author: (Rouy) Soest
- Centaurea syrmiensisName author: Gugler
- Centaurea variabilisName author: H.Lév.
- Centaurea viretorumName author: Jord. ex Nyman
- Cyanus collinusName author: G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.
- Cyanus jaceaName author: (L.) G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.
- Jacea pratensisName author: Lam.
- Jacea pratensis subsp. pratensisName author: Not supplied
- Jacea tomentosaName author: Gilib.
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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