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Lady Bird's Centary

Centaurium texense

Photo by joanbstanley
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Description:

Lady Bird’s centaury is a low-branching plant three to seven inches tall. The flowers can reach a diameter of 1/2 inch, while the leaves grow to 3/4 an inch long. Lady Bird’s centaury is found in dry, open, grassy areas of the Edwards Plateau and South Texas Plains. It flowers approximately from May to July.

Habitat:

Miller Springs Park in shallow soil on rocky spillway of Belton Lake Dam.

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Central Texas Biodiversity Survey
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Texas in Bloom
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Texas Master Naturalist Program - Nature Indentification
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project

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PublishedJuly 22, 2014

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