Group: Spermatophytina (Spermatophytes)
Family: Gentianaceae (Gentian family)
Genus: Centaurium (Centaury)
Centaurium erythraea Rafn - Common Centaury
Centaurium littorale (Turner) Gilmour - Seaside Centaury
Centaurium pulchellum (Sw.) Druce - Lesser Centaury
Maximal 15 cm tall. <span class="v1">inflorescence:</span> terminal, dichasial, <ba>mostly loosely flowered</ba>. <span class="v1">flowers:</span> <ba><b>stalked</b></ba>, reddish to violet. <span class="v1">corolla-lobes:</span> <b>2–5 mm long</b>....
The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.
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The color intensity reflects the species' abundance
Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)
riparian vegetation, mudflat vegetation, reedbeds, perennial herbaceous vegetation, ruderal vegetation, salt marshes
in alkaline, moist to wet, periodically flooded, occasionally saline habitats