Centaurium pulchellum

Centaurium pulchellum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Asterids
Order:Gentianales
Family:Gentianaceae
Genus:Centaurium
Species: C. pulchellum
Binomial name
Centaurium pulchellum
(Sw.) Druce

Centaurium pulchellum is a species of flowering plant in the gentian family known by the common name lesser centaury.[1] It differs from Centaurium erythraea by lacking basal rosette of leaves and by having a developed peduncle below the flowers. It is often much smaller, less than ten centimetres.[2]

References

  1. "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  2. Lesser centaury The Wildlife Trusts


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