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Davy's Centaury

Zeltnera davyi

Davy's Centaury
Photo: Jerry Kirkhart, CC BY 2.0
Family
Gentianaceae (Gentian family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
California, Mexico (C. Baja California)
Climate
subtropical

About

Zeltnera davyi is a species of flowering plant in the gentian family known by the common name Davy's centaury.

Where it grows

The plant is nearly endemic to California, where it is known from the coastline around the San Francisco Bay Area and areas north, as well as from Santa Cruz Island, one of the Channel Islands. It is also found in the northern Mexican state of Baja California to some extent.

Other Zeltnera plants

Mountain Pink · Arizona Centaury · Great Basin Centaury · Muhlenberg's centaury · Spring Loving Centaury · Alkali Centaury · Charming Centaury · Centaury

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Zeltnera davyi 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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