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Centaurium erythraea Rafn, 1800

Common names

  • 🇬🇧 Common Centaury
  • 🇫🇷 Érythrée petite-centaurée

Taxonomy

  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Clade: Tracheophytes
  • Clade: Angiosperms
  • Clade: Eudicots
  • Clade: Superasterids
  • Clade: Asterids
  • Clade: Lamiids
  • Order: Gentianales
  • Family: Gentianaceae
  • Tribe: Chironieae
  • Subtribe: Chironiinae
  • Genus: Centaurium
  • Species: Centaurium erythraea

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

  • Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
  • Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with C. pulchellum (Sw.) Druce, 1898, which has a stem that is branched from the base and basal leaves that do not form a rosette, while C. erythraea has a stem that is branched only in its upper half and basal leaves that form a rosette.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

  • C. erythraea subsp. apertum (H.Lindb.) Greuter, 1981;
  • C. erythraea subsp. bernardii (Maire & Sauvage) Greuter, 1981;
  • C. erythraea subsp. enclusense (O.Bolòs, Molin. & P.Monts.) O.Bolòs & Vigo, 1983;
  • C. erythraea subsp. erythraea
    • var. capitatum (Willd.) Melderis, 1972, P;
    • var. erythraea Rafn, 1800, P;
  • C. erythraea subsp. rhodense (Boiss. & Reut.) Melderis, 1972, P;
  • C. erythraea subsp. rumelicum (Velen.) Melderis, 1972, P;
  • C. erythraea subsp. turcicum (Velen.) Melderis, 1972.

Hybridizes with:

  • C. littorale (Turner) Gilmour, 1937 to produce C. × intermedium (Wheldon) Druce, 1905, P;
  • C. pulchellum (Sw.) Druce, 1898 to produce C. × jolivetinum (P.Fourn.) P.Fourn., 1938, P;
  • C. tenuiflorum (Hoffmanns. & Link) Fritsch, 1907 to produce C. × litardierei Ronniger ex Litard., 1948, P.

Photographs

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Centaurium erythraea
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Centaurium erythraea
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Centaurium erythraea
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Centaurium erythraea - Flower buds
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Centaurium erythraea - Cauline leaves

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