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==Species== {{Main|List of Centaurea species|l1=List of ''Centaurea'' species}} Better-known ''Centaurea'' species include: {{div col|colwidth=15em}} * ''[[Centaurea acaulis]]'' * ''[[Centaurea adpressa]]'' * ''[[Centaurea aegyptiaca]]'' * ''[[Centaurea aeolica]]'' * ''[[Centaurea aggregata]]'' * ''[[Centaurea akamantis]]'' – Akamas centaurea * ''[[Centaurea alba]]'' * ''[[Centaurea albonitens]]'' <small>Turrill</small> * ''[[Centaurea alpestris]]'' * ''[[Centaurea alpina]]'' * ''[[Centaurea ambigua]]'' * ''[[Centaurea amblyolepis]]'' * ''[[Centaurea americana]]'' – American basketflower, American starthistle * ''[[Centaurea ammocyanus]]'' * ''[[Centaurea antennata]]'' <small>Dufour</small> * ''[[Centaurea antiochia]]'' <small>Boiss.</small> * ''[[Centaurea aplolepa]]'' ** ''Centaurea aplolepa'' subsp. ''carueliana'' * ''[[Centaurea appendicigera]]'' <small>C.Koch</small><!-- endemic to Turkey --> * ''[[Centaurea argentea]]'' * ''[[Centaurea ascalonica]]'' * ''[[Centaurea aspera]]'' <small>L.</small> – rough starthistle * ''[[Centaurea atacamensis]]'' <small>(Reiche) I.M.Johnst.</small> * ''[[Centaurea atropurpurea]]'' * ''[[Centaurea ×aurata]]'' * ''[[Centaurea babylonica]]'' <small>L.</small> * ''[[Centaurea balsamita]]'' * ''[[Centaurea behen]]'' <small>L.</small> – ''ak behmen'' ([[Turkish language|Turkish]]) * ''[[Centaurea bella]]'' * ''[[Centaurea benedicta]] – ''Cnicus'' * ''[[Centaurea bieberseinii]]'' * ''[[Centaurea borjae]]'' * ''[[Centaurea bovina]]'' * ''[[Centaurea bracteata]]'' * ''[[Centaurea brevifimbriata]]'' <small>Hub.-Mor.</small> * ''[[Centaurea bulbosa]]'' * ''[[Centaurea busambarensis]]'' <small>Guss.</small> * ''[[Centaurea cachinalensis]]'' * ''[[Centaurea calcitrapa]]'' – purple starthistle, red starthistle, "[[caltrop]]" * ''[[Centaurea calcitrapoides]]'' * ''[[Centaurea cariensis]]'' <small>Boiss.</small> * ''[[Centaurea cariensiformis]]'' <small>Hub.-Mor.</small> * ''[[Centaurea caroli-henrici]]'' <small>Gabrieljan & Dittrich</small> * ''[[Centaurea centaurium]]'' <small>L.</small><!-- type species --> * ''[[Centaurea chilensis]]'' * ''[[Centaurea cineraria]]'' – velvet centaurea, dusty miller * ''[[Centaurea clementei]]'' * ''[[Centaurea collina]]'' <small>L.</small> * ''[[Centaurea corymbosa]]'' * ''[[Centaurea crithmifolia]]'' * ''[[Centaurea crocodylium]]'' * ''[[Centaurea cyanoides]]'' <small>J.Berggr. & Wahlenb.</small> * ''[[Centaurea cyanus]]'' – cornflower, bachelor's button, boutonniere flower, hurtsickle, bluebottle, basketflower * ''[[Centaurea damascena]]'' * ''[[Centaurea debeauxii]]'' <small>Gren. & Godr.</small> * ''[[Centaurea demirizii]]'' <small>Wagenitz</small> * ''[[Centaurea depressa]]'' – low cornflower * ''[[Centaurea deusta]]'' * ''[[Centaurea diffusa]]'' – diffuse knapweed, white knapweed, tumble knapweed * ''[[Centaurea diluta]]'' – North African knapweed * ''[[Centaurea drabifolia]]'' <small>Sm.</small> * ''[[Centaurea drabifolioides]]'' <small>Hub.-Mor.</small> * ''[[Centaurea dschungarica]]'' * ''[[Centaurea emilae Hüseynova et Qaraxani]]''<ref>[https://archive.today/20140604060450/http://www.science.gov.az/az/index.php?id=7271 AMEA Botanika İnstitutunun əməkdaşları Azərbaycan florasında yeni növ aşkarlayıblar.] science.gov.az</ref> * ''[[Centaurea eriophora]]'' * ''[[Centaurea eryngioides]]'' * ''[[Centaurea filiformis]]'' * ''[[Centaurea fischeri]]'' <small>Willd.</small> * ''[[Centaurea floccosa]]'' * ''[[Centaurea foliosa]]'' <small>Boiss. & Kotschy</small><!-- AnnalenDesNaturhistorischenMuseumsWienB98:175 --> * ''[[Centaurea forojuliensis]]'' * ''[[Centaurea friderici]]'' <small>Vis.</small> – ''palagruška zečina'' ([[Croatian (language)|Croatian]]) * ''[[Centaurea gayana]]'' * ''[[Centaurea gigantea]]'' * ''[[Centaurea glaberrima]]'' <small>Tausch</small> * ''[[Centaurea glastifolia]]'' * ''[[Centaurea grinensis]]'' * ''[[Centaurea gymnocarpa]]'' * ''[[Centaurea haradjianii]]'' <small>Wagenitz</small> * ''[[Centaurea hedgei]]'' * ''[[Centaurea helenioides]]'' <small>Boiss.</small> * ''[[Centaurea hermannii]]'' <small>F.Hermann</small> * ''[[Centaurea horrida]]'' <small>Badarò</small> – ''fiordaliso spinoso'' ([[Italian (language)|Italian]]) * ''[[Centaurea hyalolepis]]'' * ''[[Centaurea hypoleuca]]'' * ''[[Centaurea iberica]]'' – Iberian starthistle, Iberian knapweed * ''[[Centaurea idaea]]'' – ''katsoula'', ''tsita'' ([[Cretan Greek]]) * ''[[Centaurea imperialis]]'' <small>Hausskn. ex Bornm.</small> * ''[[Centaurea jabukensis]]'' * ''[[Centaurea jacea]]'' – brown knapweed, brownray knapweed * ''[[Centaurea kasakorum]]'' * ''[[Centaurea kopetaghensis]]'' * ''[[Centaurea kotschyana]]'' <small>Heuff.</small> * ''[[Centaurea lanulata]]'' * ''[[Centaurea leptophylla]]'' * ''[[Centaurea leucophylla]]'' * ''[[Centaurea limbata]]'' * ''[[Centaurea lydia]]'' <small>Boiss.</small> * ''[[Centaurea macrocephala]]'' <small>Puschk. ex Willd.</small> – globe knapweed, Armenian basketflower * ''[[Centaurea maculosa]]'' – spotted knapweed (might belong in ''C. stoebe'' subsp. ''micranthos'') * ''[[Centaurea mannagettae]]'' * ''[[Centaurea margaritalba]]'' <small>Klok.</small><!-- = C. margaritacea Schmalh. --> * ''[[Centaurea marschalliana]]'' * ''[[Centaurea melitensis]]'' – Maltese starthistle; ''tocalote, tocolote'' ([[California]]) * ''[[Centaurea minor]]'' * ''[[Centaurea moschata]]'' – sweet sultan * ''[[Centaurea ×moncktonii]]'' <small>C.E.Britton</small> – meadow knapweed, protean knapweed (= ''C. ×pratensis'' <small>Thuill non Salisb.</small>) * ''[[Centaurea monocephala]]'' * ''[[Centaurea montana]]'' – montane knapweed, perennial cornflower, mountain cornflower, mountain bluet * ''[[Centaurea napifolia]]'' <small>L.</small> – ''fiordaliso romano'' (Italian)<!-- = C. romana --> * ''[[Centaurea nervosa]]'' <small>Rchb. ex Steud.</small> * ''[[Centaurea nigra]]'' – common knapweed, black knapweed, lesser knapweed, hardheads * ''[[Centaurea nigrescens]]'' – Tyrol knapweed, short-fringed knapweed, Tyrol thistle * ''[[Centaurea nigrifimbria]]'' <small>(C.Koch) Sosn.</small> * ''[[Centaurea nivea]]'' <small>(Bornm.) Wagenitz</small> * ''[[Centaurea onopordifolia]]'' * ''[[Centaurea orientalis]]'' <small>L.</small> * ''[[Centaurea ornata]]'' <small>Willd.</small> * ''[[Centaurea ovina]]'' * ''[[Centaurea pallescens]]'' <small>Delile</small> * ''[[Centaurea paniculata]]'' <small>L.</small> * ''[[Centaurea parlatoris]]'' * ''[[Centaurea pecho]]'' * ''[[Centaurea phrygia]]'' – wig knapweed * ''[[Centaurea pindicola]]'' * ''[[Centaurea polypodiifolia]]'' * ''[[Centaurea ×pratensis]]'' <small>Salisb.</small> (''C. jacea × C. nigra'') – meadow knapweed * ''[[Centaurea procurrens]]'' * ''[[Centaurea ×psammogena]]'' <small>G.Gayer.</small> (''C. diffusa × C. stoebe'' subsp. ''micranthos'') * ''[[Centaurea pseudocaerulescens]]'' * ''[[Centaurea pseudophrygia]]'' <small>C.A.Mey.</small> * ''[[Centaurea pulcherrima]]'' <small>Willd.</small> * ''[[Centaurea pullata]]'' <small>L.</small> * ''[[Centaurea pumilio]]'' * ''[[Centaurea ragusina]]'' <small>L.</small> * ''[[Centaurea rigida]]'' * ''[[Centaurea rothrockii]]'' <small>Greenm.</small> – Mexican basketflower, Rothrock's basketflower, Rothrock's knapweed<!-- = Plectocephalus rothrockii --> * ''[[Centaurea ruthenica]]'' * ''[[Centaurea rutifolia]]'' <small>Sm.</small> * ''[[Centaurea sadleriana]]'' – Pannonian knapweed * ''[[Centaurea salicifolia]]'' <small>Bieb. ex Willd.</small> * ''[[Centaurea scabiosa]]'' – greater knapweed * ''[[Centaurea scannensis]]'' * ''[[Centaurea scoparia]]'' * ''[[Centaurea scopulorum]]'' <small>Boiss. & Heldr.</small> * ''[[Centaurea seguenzae]]'' * ''[[Centaurea seridis]]'' <small>L.</small> * ''[[Centaurea sibirica]]'' * ''[[Centaurea simplicicaulis]]'' * ''[[Centaurea sinaica]]'' * ''[[Centaurea solstitialis]]'' – yellow starthistle, golden starthistle, yellow cockspur, St. Barnaby's thistle, Barnaby thistle * ''[[Centaurea speciosa]]'' * ''[[Centaurea sphaerocephala]]'' <small>L.</small><!-- = Centaurea corsica Gand., Centaurea fontanesii Durieu. "sphaerocephalum" is lapsus --> * ''[[Centaurea stenolepis]]'' * ''[[Centaurea stoebe]]'' <small>L.</small> ** ''Centaurea stoebe'' subsp. ''micranthos'' <small>(Gugler) Hayek</small> * ''[[Centaurea straminicephala]]'' * ''[[Centaurea sulphurea]]'' – Sicilian starthistle * ''[[Centaurea tauromenitana]]'' <small>Guss.</small> * ''[[Centaurea tenoreana]]'' * ''[[Centaurea tommasinii]]'' * ''[[Centaurea transalpina]]'' <small>Schleich. ex DC.</small> * ''[[Centaurea tchihatcheffii]]'' — ''yanardöner'' ([[Turkish language|Turkish]]) * ''[[Centaurea trichocephala]]'' <small>Bieb. ex Willd.</small> – featherhead knapweed * ''[[Centaurea triniifolia]]'' * ''[[Centaurea triumfettii]]'' <small>All.</small><!-- "triumphetti" is lapsus --> * ''[[Centaurea tymphaea]]<small>Hausskn.</small><ref>[https://powo.science.kew.org/results?q=Centaurea%20tymphaea ''Centaurea tymphaea''] Plants of the World Online</ref> * ''[[Centaurea ucriae]]'' <small>Lacaita</small> * ''[[Centaurea uniflora]]'' <small>Turra</small> * ''[[Centaurea verbascifolia]]'' <small>Vahl</small> * ''[[Centaurea verutum]]'' <small>L.</small> * ''[[Centaurea virgata]]'' ** ''Centaurea virgata'' subsp. ''squarrosa'' – squarrose knapweed * ''[[Centaurea wiedemanniana]]'' <small>Fisch. & Mey.</small> * ''[[Centaurea yozgatensis]]'' <small>Wagenitz</small> {{div col end}} ===Formerly placed here=== Plant species formerly placed in ''Centaurea'' include:{{cn|date=November 2024}} * ''[[Acroptilon repens]]'' – Russian knapweed (as ''Centaurea repens'') * ''[[Cheirolophus crassifolius]]'' – Maltese rock-centaury (as ''Centaurea crassifolia, C. spathulata'') * ''[[Femeniasia balearica]]'' (as ''Centaurea balearica'') * ''[[Volutaria muricata]]'' (as ''Centaurea muricata'')
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