Centaurea benedicta(CXDBE)
Overview Code created in: 2002-02-11
- EPPO Code: CXDBE
- Preferred name: Centaurea benedicta
- Authority: (Linnaeus) Linnaeus
Northern Mediterranean (except France), Black Sea, Caucasus, Central Asia, Western Asia (Arabia to Pakistan). Introduced in Western Europe, southern Mediterranean (Morocco to Libya), South Africa, Canada (Ontario), USA (west coast, Texas to east coast), Venezuela, Ecuador, southern Brazil, Uruguay, Australia (New South Wales). Cultivated as a medicinal herb
WSSA list of weeds in North America
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Carbenia benedicta | (Linnaeus) Arcangeli |
| Cnicus benedictus | Linnaeus |
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| blessed thistle | English (US) |
| holy thistle | English (GB) |
| Benediktendistel | German |
| Benediktenkraut | German |
| Bitterdistel | German |
| gelbe Benedikte | German |
| Kardobenediktenkraut | German |
| Spinndistel | German |
| chardon béni | French |
| cnicaut béni | French |
| cnicus béni | French |
| alcachofa | Spanish |
| calcitrapa lanosilla | Spanish |
| cardo bendito | Spanish |
| cardo benedicto | Spanish (AR) |
| cardo blanco | Spanish |
| cardo-huso áspero | Spanish |
| cardo santo | Spanish |
| centaurea bendita | Spanish |
| centaurea sudorífica | Spanish |
| centaurea vellosa | Spanish |
| panicardo | Spanish |
| tangarnina | Spanish |
| zorrina | Spanish |
| cardo benedetto | Italian |
| cardo santo | Italian |
| gezegende distel | Dutch |
| cardo-bento | Portuguese |
| cardo-santo | Portuguese |
| kardbenedikt | Swedish |
| бенедикт аптечный | Russian |
| кникус благословенный | Russian |
| topdiken | Turkish |
| kartzaf mevorach | Hebrew |
| קַרְצָף מְבֹרָךְ | Hebrew |
| drapacz lekarski | Polish |
| knikus benedyktyński | Polish |
| бенедиктински трън | Bulgarian |
| пресечка | Bulgarian |
| card beneit | Catalan |
| cardot sant | Catalan |
| card sant | Catalan |
| benedikt lékařský | Czech |
| καλάγκαθο | Greek |
| schinel | Romanian |
| блажени чакаљ | Serbian |
| benedikt lekársky | Slovak |
| хрестовий корінь бенедиктинський | Ukrainian |
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 benedicta (
CXDBE )