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Common Centaury

Centaurium erythraea

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47.0319, -122.991

Field Notes

Description:

Small herbaceous plant; pink flowers, 5 petals, 1 style, 2 stigma, connate at base; opposite leaves spaced along flowering stem; fruit dry, elongated.

Habitat:

"Disturbed area" . . this area had been forested some years back and the trees have not yet rebounded. This particular location is dry and rocky, the only shade being the nearby salal.

Notes:

Thank you for sharing the identification of this plant!

Species ID Suggestions

Common Centaury

Centaurium erythraea

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PublishedAugust 29, 2014

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