EPPO Global Database

Centaurea iberica(CENIB)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: CENIB
  • Preferred name: Centaurea iberica
  • Authority: Sprengel

Notes

Eastern Mediterranean, Black Sea, Caucasus, Baltic states to southern Russia, Central Asia, Western Asia (Iraq to Pakistan), Himalayas, China (Sinkiang). Introduced in western Europe and western USA, as a weed. The name refers not to Spain, but to the ancient Caucasian kingdom of Iberia

WSSA list of weeds in North America


Common names
Name Language
Iberian starthistle English (US)
iberische Flockenblume German
abrepuño gigante Spanish (AR)
василёк иберийский Russian
deligözdikeni Turkish
dardar matzui Hebrew
דַּרְדַּר מָצוּי Hebrew
иберийска метличина Bulgarian
волошка іберійська Ukrainian