Nederlands: Grote centaurie
Español: Centaurea mayor - Cabezuera - Cabeza de gurrión - Yerba ojera - Pedo de burro
Français: Centaurée scabieuse
Deutsch: Skabiosen-Flockenblume
Family: Asteraceae - Daisy family
Flowering time: June-September
Height: 20-120cm
Altitude: to 2050m
Colour: purple
Habitat: rough grassland, forest clearings, roadsides, dry calcareous soils
Distribution: throughout Europe, except in the far north and in a number of eastern European countries
![Centaurea scabiosa - Greater Knapweed - Grote centaurie - Centaurea mayor - Centaurée scabieuse - Skabiosen-Flockenblume](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaq4WLnT-hZ1XM6hgmttBnmzomp6uVgIXsCIpa5lKHmLbX7gqBC4ZaI9pKMxt6EMBb2cKD94fuaXDlEqRSA-w2rTiFn8uAnlci6QSbKLHnGKyRXYvyF4ppzkNEtzaM2CpHl7wRepHTjgY/s1600/Centaurea+scabiosa+DSC01260v.jpg)
![Centaurea scabiosa with Melanargia galathea (Marbled White - Dambordje - Medioluto norteña - Demi-deuil - Schachbrett)](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcgQ3U5x858PEWlUvZ6QVG9YDW6njGgJO9SBsd8VA-uqc-PQWbmyEcvHKcTHOhKy1t1u6A7ivh6ENDXjxG3CzYoO_n8nt2vsB8eCcPQkQTA6JKduPUeBZRZD1c-yXSaD__aX4k-IfqSBs/s1600/Centaurea+scabiosa+DSC01313v.jpg)
![Centaurea scabiosa with Pieris napi(Green-veined White - Klein geaderd witje - Blanca verdinervada - Piéride du Navet – Rapsweißling)](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO1zzOgYxsML9AjcE1OjFAe_FtIgz5mgW1FaAqNpSZgHUX8NAEY5Y3g2gGHTHtaVdHS07hOFus6GzKcE6ULKrH3RiUuhugRLlfZUrtNNpNVUOYo0FWauPW8FuSCJYFtDbJpPNbNEgLbLk/s200/P1080229v.jpg)
Note: The species is on the Dutch Red List of plants as rare and moderately decreased. In this country the plant has been disseminated along the great rivers and seems to be able to establish itself there.
Related key words: Waalbanddijk Neerijnen, Nederlandse Rode Lijst, Viroin, Fondry des Chiens, Pyrenees, Pyreneeën, Pirineos, Torla