Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2635)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2573)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2146)
Order: Asterales (237)
Family: Asteraceae (221)(family description)
Genus: Centaurea (15)
Epithet: jacea L. (2)
Subspecies: vinyalsii (Sennen) O.Bolòs & al.
jacea => from pre-Linnaeus genera Jacea applied for Centaurea jacea
vinyalsii => in honor of Francisco Viñals y Torreno (1863-1934), Spanish historiographer and physician