Centaurea alba is a species of Centaurea found in the Iberian Peninsula in southern and central Spain and in a small neighbouring area in the interior of Portugal. There are three recognised subspecies, and of one subspecies, the nominate, there are furthermore three varieties.
It has been called pale knapweed in English.[2] Vernacular names which have been recorded for this herb in Castilian Spanish are calcitrapa, cardo estrellado, centaura estrellada, garbanzos del cura,[2][3][4]siempre nueva,[2][3]siempre-nueva,[4] and trapacaballos.[2][3][4] Other local recorded names in Spanish are abreojos, abrepuños, amargosa, amargosilla, amargoso, ardolla, arzolla, cardo abrepuños, cardo de la arzolla, marbosilla, margosilla, piropo, planta para hemorroides and raíz de la arzolla.[4] In the Catalan language it is known as raspallera in the Valencian dialect.[2][3][4]
^"Centaurea alba". International Plant Names Index. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries and Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
^ abcdeGreuter, Werner (2006). Greuter, Werner; von Raab-Straube, E. (eds.). "Details for: Centaurea alba in Compositae (pro parte majore)". Euro+Med Plantbase. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
^ abcdDevesa Alcaraz, Juan Antonio; López Nieto, Eusebio (4 December 2014). "29. Centaurea" (PDF). Flora ibérica, Vol. XVI (in Spanish). Madrid: Real Jardín Botánico. pp. 349–350, 439–444. ISBN 978-84-00-10273-9.
^ abcde"Búsquedas: Centaurea alba". ANTHOS (in Spanish). Fundación Biodiversidad, Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente, & Real Jardín Botánico. 2 March 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
Centaureaalba is a species of Centaurea found in the Iberian Peninsula in southern and central Spain and in a small neighbouring area in the interior...
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(1991). "Urophora phalolepidis new species, a new fruit fly attacking Centaureaalba in southern Italy (Diptera: Tephritidae)". Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen...
Alcaraz, Juan Antonio (December 2011). "Revisión taxonómica del complejo Centaureaalba L. (Asteraceae) en la Península Ibérica". Collectanea Botanica (in Spanish)...
(1991). "Urophora phalolepidis new species, a new fruit fly attacking Centaureaalba in southern Italy (Diptera: Tephritidae)". Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen...
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