Plants : GentianaceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Centaurium erythraea Rafn.

Common Centaury

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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.