Plants in the Genus Centaurea

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Centaurea is a genus of approximately 500 species of annual, biennials, perennials, and subshrubs from woodland, meadows, rocky slopes, and sand dunes in Europe and the Mediterranean with a few species in Asia, Australia, and North America with pinnate leaves and spherical flower heads with tubular, usually lobed florets.

Click on any of the 52 plants listed below in the genus Centaurea to read more about that plant, or go back to the genus a-z.

Centaurea 'Amethyst on Ice' (Perennial cornflower 'Amethyst on Ice')
Centaurea 'Blue Carpet' (Cornflower 'Blue Carpet')
Centaurea 'Caramia' (Cornflower 'Caramia')
Centaurea 'Double' (Cornflower 'Double')
Centaurea 'Dwarf Blue Midget' (Midget Series) (Cornflower 'Dwarf Blue Midget')
Centaurea 'John Coutts' (Knapweed 'John Coutts' )
Centaurea 'Jordy' (Knapweed 'Jordy')
Centaurea 'Silver Feather' (Knapweed 'Silver Feather')
Centaurea americana 'Aloha Blanca' (Basket flower 'Aloha Blanca')
Centaurea americana 'Aloha Rosa' (Basket flower 'Aloha Rosa')
Centaurea americana 'Lilac Dream' (Basket flower 'Lilac Dream')
Centaurea atropurpurea (Maroon cornflower)
Centaurea bella (Evergreen bachelor's button)
Centaurea carniolica (Knapweed)
Centaurea cheiranthifolia (Yellow knapweed)
Centaurea cineraria (Silvery-leaved knapwed)
Centaurea cyanus (Cornflower)
Centaurea cyanus 'Black Ball' (Cornflower 'Black Ball')
Centaurea cyanus 'Blue Boy' (Cornflower 'Blue Boy')
Centaurea cyanus 'Blue Diadem' (Cornflower 'Blue Diadem')
Centaurea cyanus 'Florence Violet' (Cornflower 'Florence Violet')
Centaurea cyanus 'Frosty' (Conflower 'Frosty')
Centaurea cyanus 'Jubilee Gem' (Cornflower 'Jubilee Gem')
Centaurea cyanus 'Polka Dot' (Dwarf cornflower 'Polka Dot')
Centaurea cyanus 'Red Ball' (Cornflower 'Red Ball')
Centaurea cyanus 'Tall Tutu' (Cornflower 'Tall Tutu')
Centaurea cyanus 'White Ball' (Cornflower 'White Ball')
Centaurea cyanus Frosted Queen Mix (Cornflower Frosted Queen Mix)
Centaurea dealbata (Mealy centaury)
Centaurea jacea (Brown knapweed)
Centaurea macrocephala (Great-headed centaury)
Centaurea montana (Perennial cornflower)
Centaurea montana 'Alba' (White perennial cornflower)
Centaurea montana 'Amethyst Dream' (Mountain cornflower 'Amethyst Dream')
Centaurea montana 'Amethyst in Snow' (Mountain cornflower 'Amethyst in Snow')
Centaurea montana 'Black Sprite' (Perennial cornflower 'Black Sprite')
Centaurea montana 'Blewit' (Mountain cornflower 'Blewit')
Centaurea montana 'Blue' (Perennial cornflower 'Blue')
Centaurea montana 'Carina' (Perennial cornflower 'Carina')
Centaurea montana 'Carnea' (Mountain cornflower 'Carnea')
Centaurea montana 'Gold Bullion' (Perennial cornflower 'Gold Bullion')
Centaurea montana 'Joyce' (Mountain cornflower 'Joyce')
Centaurea montana 'Lady Flora Hastings' (Mountain cornflower 'Lady Flora Hastings')
Centaurea montana 'Parham' (Perennial cornflower 'Parham')
Centaurea montana 'Purple Heart' (Mountain cornflower 'Purple Heart')
Centaurea montana 'Violetta' (Mountain cornflower 'Violetta')
Centaurea nigra (Common knapweed)
Centaurea pannonica (Knapweed)
Centaurea Phoenix Hybrids (Knapweed Phoenix Hybrids)
Centaurea scabiosa (Greater knapweed)
Centaurea simplicicaulis (Dwarf evergreen bachelor's button)
Centaurea triumfettii subsp. stricta (Erect centaury)