Xeranthemum annuumL.

WFO wfo-0000093647 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Xeranthemum annuum, photographed by Иван Ковтун Ivan Kovtun
fig. a Иван Ковтун Ivan Kovtun, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-29 / obs. 201516413
Xeranthemum annuum, photographed by Denis Ibaev
fig. b Denis Ibaev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 166810171
Xeranthemum annuum, photographed by Galyna Mykytynets
fig. c Galyna Mykytynets, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 170564926
Xeranthemum annuum, photographed by Olena V. Vakarenko
fig. d Olena V. Vakarenko, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 180599013
Xeranthemum annuum, photographed by Olena V. Vakarenko
fig. e Olena V. Vakarenko, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 179949331
Xeranthemum annuum, photographed by Olena V. Vakarenko
fig. f Olena V. Vakarenko, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 179867186
Xeranthemum annuum, photographed by Galyna Mykytynets
fig. g Galyna Mykytynets, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 173001964
Xeranthemum annuum, photographed by Oleksii Vasyliuk
fig. h Oleksii Vasyliuk, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 143991489

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Native range 24 botanical countries

Regions where Xeranthemum annuum is native: Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Palestine, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Albania, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Romania, South European Russia, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine IranIraqKazakhstanLebanon-SyriaNorth CaucasusPalestineTranscaucasusTürkiyeTurkmenistanAlbaniaBulgariaCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaEast European RussiaFranceGreeceHungaryItalyKrymNW. Balkan Pen.RomaniaSouth European RussiaTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine
Native distribution of Xeranthemum annuum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
East European Russia RUE
France FRA
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Krym KRY
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Iran IRN ASIA-TEMPERATE
Iraq IRQ
Kazakhstan KAZ
Lebanon-Syria LBS
North Caucasus NCS
Palestine PAL
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Turkmenistan TKM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 5 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Centaurea dubia S.G.Gmel. ex Steud.
  • Xeranthemum annettae Kalen.
  • Xeranthemum annuum subsp. annettae (Kalen.) Holmboe
  • Xeranthemum annuum subsp. annuum
  • Xeranthemum annuum var. annuum

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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