[Members of the Sunflower Family with Discoid Flower Heads Found West of the Cascade Mountains]

Cornflowers, Knapweeds and Stathistles West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington

The Genus Centaurea

Flower head of St. Barnaby's Thistle, Yellow Star Thistle, Yellow Star-thistle: Centaurea solstitialis

Yellow Star Thistle: Centaurea solstitialis

Hardheads, Russian Knapweed, Turkestan Thistle: Acroptilon repens (Synonym: Centaurea repens) -

Blessed Thistle: Centaurea benedicta (Synonym: Cnicus benedictus) -

Purple Starthistle, Red Starthistle: Centaurea calcitrapa -

Bachelor's Button, Cornflower, Garden Cornflower: Centaurea cyanus -

Diffuse Knapweed, Tumble Knapweed, White Knapweed: Centaurea diffusa -

Iberian Knapweed, Iberian Starthistle: Centaurea iberica -

Brown Knapweed, Brownray Knapweed: Centaurea jacea (Synonyms: Centaurea jacea ssp. jacea, Centaurea jacea ssp. nigra) -

Bighead Knapweed, Globe Knapweed: Centaurea macrocephala -

Maltese Starthistle, Maltese Star-thistle, Tocalotes: Centaurea melitensis -

Meadow Knapweed, Protean Knapweed: Centaurea xmoncktonii -

Montane Starthistle, Mountain Bluet, Mountain Cornflower, Perennial Cornflower: Centaurea montana -

Black Knapweed, Hardheads, Lesser Knapweed: Centaurea nigra -

Short-fringed Knapweed, Tyrol Knapweed: Centaurea nigrescens (Synonyms: Centaurea dubia, Centaurea dubia ssp. nigrescens, Centaurea dubia ssp. vochinensis, Centaurea jacea ssp. nigrescens, Centaurea transalpina, Centaurea vochinensis) -

St. Barnaby's Thistle, Yellow Star-thistle, Yellow Star Thistle: Centaurea solstitialis -

Spotted Knapweed: Centaurea stoebe ssp. australis (Synonyms: Centaurea maculosa, Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos) -

Hybrid Knapweed, Meadow Knapweed, Protean Knapweed: Centaurea xgerstlaueri (Synonyms: Centaurea debeauxii ssp. thuillieri, Centaurea xmoncktonii, Centaurea nigra x Centaurea jacea, Centaurea x pratensis) -

Klein's Knapweed: Centaurea xkleinii -

Diffuse-spotted Knapweed: Centaurea xpsammogena -

Hybrid Diffuse Knapweed, Sand Knapweed: Centaurea xvarnensis -


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