Species: Common Centaury (Centaurium erythraea)
Family: Gentians (GENTIANACEAE)
Category: Flowering Plants
Location: SW
A. Flowering Plants
More extensive information on flowering plants can be found in a separate blog post.
B. Gentians (GENTIANACEAE)
The Gentian family is made up of flowers, shrubs and trees of a range of colours, not just the familiar, dazzling blue. There are perhaps 1,600 different species of gentians world-wide. Most members of this family live in temperate zones.
C. Common Centaury (Centaurium erythraea)
The Common Centaury is an annual herb about 50 centimetres high. It's a slender plant that supports flat clusters of delicate, pink flowers each of which has five petals. The plant has triangular leaves. It flowers in mid to late summer, and is found fairly frequently throughout Britain except the very north where it is restricted to coastal areas.
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Common Centaury
The Common Centaury is an annual herb about 50 centimetres high. It's a slender plant that supports flat clusters of delicate, pink flowers each of which has five petals.
Common Centaury
Common Centaury flowers in mid to late summer, and is found fairly frequently throughout Britain except the very north where it is restricted to coastal areas.
