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Internal ID UUID643fd0069902e982093382
Scientific name Centaurea jacea
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 914 (1753)

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Centaurea jacea, also known as brown knapweed or brownray knapweed, is a perennial plant found in Europe in dry meadows and open woodland areas. It can grow up to 80 centimetres tall and blooms from June to September. In Britain and America, it is often found as a hybrid of black knapweed, with its flower heads forming a more open star shape rather than a brush-like tuft. A fertile hybrid, Centaurea ×moncktonii, exists between black knapweed and brown knapweed.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Rhaponticum jacea Scop. Fl. Carniol. 2: 136 (1772)
Centaurea variabilis H.Lév. Bull. Géogr. Bot. 27: 38, nomen. 1917
Centaurea lusitanica (Hayek) Soest Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 54: 95. 1947
Centaurea pratensis (Lam.) Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 208 (1796)
Centaurea jacea subsp. jungens Gugler 406 1904
Centaurea jacea subsp. lusitanica Hayek
Centaurea jacea f. majuscula Rouy
Centaurea jacea f. scopulicola Rouy
Jacea pratensis Lam. Fl. Franç. 2: 54 (1779)

Common names Top

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Language Common/alternative name
English brown knapweed
English common knapweed
English brownray knapweed
English brown-rayed knapweed
English brown-ray knapweed
English hardheads
Spanish cártamo silvestre
Spanish setachna amara
Spanish jacea thrinciifolia
Spanish cyanus collinus
Spanish cyanus jacea
Spanish yerba rosa
Spanish yerba ojera
Spanish yácea de los prados. altoaragonés: escobera
Spanish liebrecilla
Spanish hierba de los burros
Spanish escoba yesquera
Spanish escoba negra
Spanish escoba blanca y negra
Spanish cartamo silvestre
Arabic قنطريون بني
Belarusian Васілёк лугавы
Bulgarian ливадна метличина
Catalan centàurea jàcea
Czech chrpa luční
Danish knopurt
Danish almindelig knopurt
German wiesenflockenblume
German wiesen-flockenblume
German gewöhnliche flockenblume
Esperanto kampa centaŭreo
Estonian arujumikas
Basque mandabelar
Basque udazkeneko mandabelar
Persian قنطوریان
Finnish ahdekaunokki
French centaure jacée
French tête de moineau
French jacée
French centaurée jacée
French centauree jacee
French jacée des prés
Hungarian réti imola
Italian fiordaliso stoppione
Lithuanian pakrūminė bajorė
Latvian pļavas dzelzene
Macedonian различник
Malayalam സെന്റൗറിയ ജാസീ
Norwegian Bokmål engknoppurt
Dutch knoopkruid
no engknoppurt
Polish chaber łąkowy
Russian Василёк луговой
Russian Василек луговой
Samogitian pakrūminė bajuorė
Samogitian pakrūmėnė bajuorė
Serbo-Croatian različak
Slovak nevädza lúčna
Slovenian navadni glavinec
Serbian Различак
Serbian Зечина
Serbian Васиљак
Swedish rödklint
Swedish gulskära
Turkish Çayır peygamber çiçeğ
Ukrainian Волошка лучна
vep nitrugižbobaine
Chinese 棕色矢车菊
Chinese 棕矢车菊

Subspecies (abbr. subsp./ssp.) Top

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Name Authority First published in
Centaurea jacea subsp. banatica (Roch.) Hayek 203
Centaurea jacea subsp. dracunculifolia (Dufour) A.Bolòs Veg. Com. Barcelona 533. 1950 (1950)
Centaurea jacea subsp. forojuliensis (Poldini) Greuter Willdenowia 33(1): 54 (2003) (2003)
Centaurea jacea subsp. gaudinii (Boiss. & Reut.) Gremli Excursionsfl. Schweiz ed. 2: 248. 1874 (1874)
Centaurea jacea subsp. haynaldii Hayek Hayek in Verh. K.K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 68. 1918. 204 1918
Centaurea jacea subsp. jacea
Centaurea jacea subsp. julica (Hayek) Greuter Willdenowia 33(1): 55 (2003) (2003)
Centaurea jacea subsp. substituta (Czerep.) Mikheev Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 84(9): 105 (1999)
Centaurea jacea subsp. timbalii (Martrin-Donos) Braun-Blanq. & al. Braun-Blanq., Prodr. Groupem. Vég. France Médit. 1952. 138 1952
Centaurea jacea subsp. vinyalsii (Sennen) O.Bolòs, Nuet & Panareda Patrim. Biol. Montseny : 76 (1986)
Centaurea jacea subsp. weldeniana (Rchb.) Greuter Willdenowia 33(1): 55 (2003) (2003)

Varieties (abbr. var.) Top

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Subvarieties (abbr. subvar.) Top

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Germination/Propagation Top

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Sow seeds at 20°C, expecting germination within 3 months without further temperature treatment.

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
  • Asia-temperate
    • Caucasus
      • North Caucasus
      • Transcaucasus
    • Middle Asia
      • Tadzhikistan
    • Russian Far East
      • Kuril Islands
      • Primorye
    • Siberia
      • Altay
      • Krasnoyarsk
      • West Siberia
    • Western Asia
      • Turkey
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Baltic States
      • Belarus
      • Central European Russia
      • East European Russia
      • Krym
      • North European Russia
      • Northwest European Russia
      • South European Russia
      • Ukraine
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Hungary
      • Netherlands
      • Poland
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Denmark
      • Finland
      • Great Britain
      • Ireland
      • Norway
      • Sweden
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Bulgaria
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Romania
      • Sicilia
      • Turkey-in-Europe
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Corse
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Spain
  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • New Brunswick
      • Ontario
      • Québec
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Iowa
      • Minnesota
      • Wisconsin
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut
      • Indiana
      • Maine
      • Massachusetts
      • Michigan
      • New Hampshire
      • New Jersey
      • New York
      • Ohio
      • Pennsylvania
      • Rhode Island
      • Vermont
      • West Virginia
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Idaho
      • Montana
      • Oregon
      • Washington
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Delaware
      • Kentucky
      • Maryland
      • Virginia
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • California
      • Utah
    • Subarctic America
      • Greenland
    • Western Canada
      • British Columbia

Links to other databases Top

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000095537
Canadensys 2965
USDA Plants CEJA
Tropicos 2702168
INPN 89619
Flora of Italy 6037
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:190753-1
The Plant List gcc-51717
Plantarium 9452
PaleoBotany 66336
Open Tree Of Life 242075
Observations.org 6567
NCBI Taxonomy 351340
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000004505
Nature Serve 2.133744
IPNI 190753-1
iNaturalist 55713
GBIF 3128547
Freebase /m/043mvc8
WisFlora 3066
EPPO CENJA
EOL 467797
Elurikkus 3533
Calflora (Californian flora) 9059
USDA GRIN 9821
Wikipedia Centaurea_jacea
PFAF Centaurea jacea

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

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Effect of plant edges strips on the conservation soil properties in modern farming field Šarūnaitė L, Arlauskienė A, Jablonskytė-Raščė D PLoS One 16-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11020931
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0299104
PMID:38625970
Volatile profile of bee bread Pokajewicz K, Lamaka D, Hudz N, Adamchuk L, Wieczorek PP Sci Rep 22-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10959932
doi:10.1038/s41598-024-57159-y
PMID:38519512
Land‐use affects pollinator‐specific resource availability and pollinator foraging behaviour Birkenbach M, Straub F, Kiesel A, Ayasse M, Wilfert L, Kuppler J Ecol Evol 07-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10918743
doi:10.1002/ece3.11061
PMID:38455145
Using near-infrared spectroscopy to predict nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations of herbarium specimens under different storage conditions Kühn P, Proß T, Römermann C, Wesche K, Bruelheide H Plant Methods 01-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10835964
doi:10.1186/s13007-024-01146-x
PMID:38303074
A Possible Perspective of Recultivation with Arbuscular Mycorrhiza-Inoculated Drought-Tolerant Herbaceous Plants Papp L, Habtemariam AA, Brandt S, Cseh P, Heller Á, Péter B, Szakály ÁP, Kiszel P, Codogno B, Bratek Z, Tóth Z Plants (Basel) 06-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10747347
doi:10.3390/plants12244088
PMID:38140415
Soil community composition in dynamic stages of semi-natural calcareous grassland Wipulasena AY, Davison J, Helm A, Kasari L, Moora M, Prangel E, Reitalu T, Vahter T, Vasar M, Zobel M PLoS One 17-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10581465
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0292425
PMID:37847721
Genome size is strongly linked to carbohydrate storage and weakly linked to root sprouting ability in herbs Bitomský M, Martínková J, Lubbe FC, Marešová I, Klimešová J Ann Bot 12-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10808013
doi:10.1093/aob/mcad158
PMID:37823724
The most polyphagous insect herbivore? Host plant associations of the Meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius (L.) Thompson V, Harkin C, Stewart AJ PLoS One 04-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10602594
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0291734
PMID:37792900
Epiphytic microflora and mycotoxin content in meadows–Is plant biodiversity affecting fungal contamination? Kolackova I, Smolkova B, Skladanka J, Kouril P, Hrudova E PLoS One 14-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10501618
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0288397
PMID:37708181
Are rare plant species less resistant than common ones to herbivores? A multi‐plant species study using above‐ and below‐ground generalist herbivores Bürli S, Ensslin A, Kempel A, Fischer M Ecol Evol 05-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10480044
doi:10.1002/ece3.10482
PMID:37674652
Genetic structure of Trifolium pratense populations in a cityscape Mollashahi H, Urbaniak J, Szymura TH, Szymura M PeerJ 05-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10487591
doi:10.7717/peerj.15927
PMID:37692122
Mediterranean Plants as Potential Source of Biopesticides: An Overview of Current Research and Future Trends Fragkouli R, Antonopoulou M, Asimakis E, Spyrou A, Kosma C, Zotos A, Tsiamis G, Patakas A, Triantafyllidis V Metabolites 22-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10535963
doi:10.3390/metabo13090967
PMID:37755247
Pseudanthia in angiosperms: a review Baczyński J, Claßen-Bockhoff R Ann Bot 21-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10583202
doi:10.1093/aob/mcad103
PMID:37478306
Examination of the Effects of Domestic Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) Grazing on Wetland and Dry Grassland Habitats Fűrész A, Penksza K, Sipos L, Turcsányi-Járdi I, Szentes S, Fintha G, Penksza P, Viszló L, Szalai F, Wagenhoffer Z Plants (Basel) 31-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10255522
doi:10.3390/plants12112184
PMID:37299162
Plants cultivated for ecosystem restoration can evolve toward a domestication syndrome Conrady M, Lampei C, Bossdorf O, Hölzel N, Michalski S, Durka W, Bucharova A Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 08-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10193954
doi:10.1073/pnas.2219664120
PMID:37155873

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Hydrocarbons / Unsaturated hydrocarbons / Enynes
1,11-Tridecadien-3,5,7,9-tetrayne 528754 Click to see CC=CC#CC#CC#CC#CC=C 164.20 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/CBER.19660991121
1,11-Tridecadiene-3,5,7,9-tetrayne 5322026 Click to see CC=CC#CC#CC#CC#CC=C 164.20 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/CBER.19660991121
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty aldehydes
Hexadeca-7,9,11,13-tetraenal 85927496 Click to see CCC=CC=CC=CC=CCCCCCC=O 232.36 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/CBER.19660991121
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / O-methylated flavonoids / 6-O-methylated flavonoids
Centaureidin 5315773 Click to see COC1=C(C=C(C=C1)C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(O2)C=C(C(=C3O)OC)O)OC)O 360.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.FITOTE.2012.04.006

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