Centaurea macrocephala

Centaurea macrocephala Mussin-Puschkin ex Willdenow is an accepted species name sensu FNA Ed. Comm., 2006a.

Vernacular names

• centaurée à gros capitules FNA Ed. Comm., 2006a
• centaurée à grosse têtes Burte, 1992

• globe knapweed Weinmann et al. 2002+
• big-head knapweed FNA Ed. Comm., 2006a
• giant knapweed Fitter & Peat, 1994
• globe centaurea FNA Ed. Comm., 2006a
• yellow bachelor's button FNA Ed. Comm., 2006a
• yellow cornflower FNA Ed. Comm., 2006a

Synonyms

• Grossheimia macrocephala (Mussin-Puschkin) Sosnowskii & Takhtajan FNA Ed. Comm., 2006a

Distribution

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• Native
• Introduced
• Ephemeral
• Excluded
• Extirpated
• Doubtful
• Absent

Classification

Class	Equisetopsida
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Superorder	Asteranae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae
Subfamily	Carduoideae
Tribe	Cardueae
Genus	Centaurea
Species	Centaurea macrocephala

Habit

Herb