Cephalaria

102 species are accepted. • Cephalaria adiyamanensis • Cephalaria alpina (L.) Roem. & Schult. • Cephalaria ambrosioides (Sibth. & Sm.) Roem. & Schult. • Cephalaria anamurensis • Cephalaria anatolica Shkhiyan • Cephalaria aristata C.Koch • Cephalaria armeniaca • Cephalaria armerioides • Cephalaria armoraciifolia • Cephalaria attenuata • Cephalaria axillaris • Cephalaria aytachii • Cephalaria balansae • Cephalaria balkharica • Cephalaria beijiangensis • Cephalaria bojnordensis • Cephalaria brevipalea • Cephalaria calcarea • Cephalaria cedrorum • Cephalaria chaldoranensis • Cephalaria cilicica • Cephalaria cilodaghensis • Cephalaria coriacea (Willd.) Roem. & Schult. ex Steud. • Cephalaria dagestanica • Cephalaria davisiana • Cephalaria decurrens • Cephalaria demetrii • Cephalaria demirizii • Cephalaria dichaetophora • Cephalaria dirmilensis • Cephalaria duzceensis • Cephalaria ekimiana • Cephalaria elazigensis • Cephalaria elmaliensis • Cephalaria fanourii • Cephalaria flava (Sibth. & Sm.) Szabó • Cephalaria foliosa • Cephalaria galpiniana • Cephalaria gazipashensis • Cephalaria gigantea (Ledeb.) Bobrov – Tatarian Cephalaria • Cephalaria goetzei • Cephalaria golestanica • Cephalaria hakkiarica • Cephalaria hirsuta • Cephalaria humilis • Cephalaria integerrima • Cephalaria integrifolia • Cephalaria isaurica • Cephalaria joppensis • Cephalaria juncea • Cephalaria katangensis • Cephalaria kesruanica • Cephalaria kleinii • Cephalaria kotschyi • Cephalaria kurdistanica • Cephalaria kutahyaensis • Cephalaria laevigata (Waldst. & Kit.) Schrad. • Cephalaria leucantha (L.) Roem. & Schult. • Cephalaria litvinovii Bobrov • Cephalaria lycica • Cephalaria mauritanica • Cephalaria media • Cephalaria microcephala • Cephalaria microdonta • Cephalaria nachiczevanica • Cephalaria natalensis • Cephalaria oblongifolia • Cephalaria paphlagonica • Cephalaria pastricensis Dörfl. & Hayek • Cephalaria peshmenii • Cephalaria petiolata • Cephalaria procera • Cephalaria pungens • Cephalaria qeydarensis • Cephalaria radiata Griseb. & Schenk • Cephalaria retrosetosa • Cephalaria rigida • Cephalaria saldaensis • Cephalaria salicifolia • Cephalaria scabra (L.f.) Roem. & Schult. • Cephalaria scoparia • Cephalaria setosa • Cephalaria sparsipilosa • Cephalaria speciosa • Cephalaria squamiflora (Sieber) Greuter • Cephalaria stapfii • Cephalaria stellipilis • Cephalaria sublanata • Cephalaria sumbuliana • Cephalaria syriaca (L.) Roem. & Schult. – Syrian Cephalaria • Cephalaria szaboi • Cephalaria taurica • Cephalaria tchihatchewii Boiss. • Cephalaria tenella • Cephalaria torbatejamensis • Cephalaria transcaucasica • Cephalaria transsylvanica (L.) Roem. & Schult. • Cephalaria tuteliana • Cephalaria uralensis (Murray) Roem. & Schult. • Cephalaria velutina • Cephalaria wilmsiana • Cephalaria zeyheriana ==Cultivation and uses==

Some species are grown as ornamental plants in gardens. The most popular species is C. gigantea, a perennial species from the Caucasus growing to 2 m tall, valued for its strong erect growth with dark green foliage and yellow flowers. ==See also==