| Plants : Gentianaceae | Ferns and Flowering Plants |
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| Centaurium erythraea |
Description: This small plant with lilac or occasionally white flowers is frequent in dry pastures and sand dunes. It is especially frequent near the coast.
All names: Centaurium erythraea Rafn.; Centaurium latifolium (Smith) Druce; Centaurium capitum (Willd.) ex Cham.; Erythraea latifolia Sm.
Distribution Map from NBN: Centaurium erythraea at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.
iNaturalist: Centaurium erythraea at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.
| Hackney, P., 2026. Centaurium erythraea. Rafn.. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland. https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=3960. Accessed on 2026-11-02. |