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Seaside centaury

Centaurium littorale

Also called Sea Centaury

Seaside centaury
Photo: HermannSchachner, CC0
Family
Gentianaceae (Gentian family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
Europe to C. Asia
Climate
temperate

About

Centaurium littorale, the seaside centaury, is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Gentianaceae.

Its native range is Western and Northern Europe to Northern Russia.

Other Centaurium plants

European centaury · Branched centaury · Perennial Centaury · Slender centaury · Centaury

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Centaurium littorale by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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