Centaurea benedicta: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Centaurea
- Species
- Centaurea benedicta
- Scientific Name
- Centaurea benedicta
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Centaurea benedicta
Centaurea benedicta, known by the common names St. Benedict's thistle, blessed thistle, holy thistle, spotted thistle or blessed knapweed, is an annual thistle-like plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Mediterranean Europe and western and Central Asia, ranging from Portugal and Spain to southeastern Europe, Ukraine and southern European Russia, Saudi Arabia, Xinjiang, and Pakistan. It is known in other parts of the world, including parts of North America, as an introduced species and often a noxious weed.
...Centaurea benedicta in languages:
- Afrikaans
- geseendedissel
- Arabic
- قنطريون مبارك
- Chinese
- 藏掖花
- Czech
- benedikt lékařský
- Dutch
- Gezegende distel
- English
- blessed thistle
- English
- Bitter Thistle
- English
- Cursed Thistle
- English
- Holy Thistle
- English
- Our Lady's Thistle
- English
- Spotted Thistle
- English
- St. Benedict's Thistle
- French
- Chardon béni
- French
- Cnicaut béni
- Hebrew
- קרצף מבורך
- Hebrew
- דרדר מבורך
- Hungarian
- áldott benedekfű
- Japanese
- キバナアザミ
- Portuguese
- Cardo-santo
- Russian
- Кникус благословенный
- Slovene
- benediktinka
- Swedish
- kardbenedikt
- Turkish
- Topdiken
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