EPPO Global Database

Centaurea macrocephala(CENMC)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: CENMC
  • Preferred name: Centaurea macrocephala
  • Authority: Pushkarev ex Willdenow

Notes

Turkey, Caucasus, Western Asia (Iran). Introduced in Britain, Poland, Canada (eastern), USA (a few western states)

WSSA list of weeds in North America


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Grossheimia macrocephala (Pushkarev ex Willdenow) Sosnowsky & Takhtajan

Common names
Name Language
big-head knapweed English
giant knapweed English
gelbe Riesenflockenblume German
großköpfige Flockenblume German
centaurée grosses-têtes French
gulklint Swedish
василек жёлтый Russian
keltakaunokki Finnish
sarıbaş Turkish
chaber wielkogłówkowy Polish
nagyfészkű búzavirág Hungarian
chrpa žlutokvětá Czech
nevädza veľkohlavá Slovak