EPPO Global Database

Centaurea aspera(CENAS)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-02-07

Basic information

EPPO Code: CENAS
Preferred name: Centaurea aspera
Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Western Mediterranean (including Balearics, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily), Britain, Canary Islands. Introduced in USA (northeastern), Australia

Other scientific names

Name	Authority
Centaurea aspera subsp. aspera	Linnaeus
Centaurea praetermissa	Martrin-Donot

Common names

Name	Language
rough star thistle	English
rough starthistle	English
rauhe Flockenblume	German
centaurée âpre	French
centaurée rude	French
abrepuños	Spanish
amargosa	Spanish
amarguilla	Spanish
azotalenguas	Spanish
bovenaga	Spanish
bracera	Spanish
brasera	Spanish
cabrarao	Spanish
cañaladrera	Spanish
cardito digitado	Spanish
cascariya	Spanish
esbarcera	Spanish
escobas amargas	Spanish
frasera	Spanish
frasmiladio	Spanish
frasnialadro	Spanish
hierba vaquera	Spanish
mormaga	Spanish
panialadro	Spanish
peñarao	Spanish
quebrantarao	Spanish
quiebra araos	Spanish
quiebracamas	Spanish
rompearaos	Spanish
tamaladro	Spanish
trabalera	Spanish
tramalandro	Spanish
fiordaliso ispido	Italian
lóios-ásperos	Portuguese
raspknuppurt	Norwegian
berba vaquera	Catalan
bonaga	Catalan
bovenaga	Catalan
bracera	Catalan
brassadera	Catalan
caps de burro	Catalan
esbarcera	Catalan
escabaiosa borda	Catalan
flor del sucre	Catalan
gracera	Catalan
herba de la diabetes	Catalan
herba del gafferot	Catalan
herba del garrafot	Catalan
herba del Terrig	Catalan
herba travalera	Catalan
manuaga	Catalan
tiravaques	Catalan

Taxonomy

Kingdom Plantae ( 1PLAK )

Phylum Magnoliophyta ( 1MAGP )

Class Angiospermae ( 1ANGC )

Category Campanulids ( 1CMPD )

Order Asterales ( 1ASTO )

Family Asteraceae ( 1COMF )

Subfamily Asteroideae ( 1ASTS )

Genus Centaurea ( 1CENG )

Species Centaurea aspera ( CENAS )