Centaurium littorale (Turner) Gilmour

Seaside Centaury

Gentianaceae

Taxonomy

Classification

Group: Spermatophytina (Spermatophytes)
Family: Gentianaceae (Gentian family)
Genus: Centaurium (Centaury)

Synonyms

Centaurium littorale
Centaurium intermedium
Centaurium littorale (Turner) Gilmour
Centaurium tenuifolium
Centaurium vulgare
Centaurium vulgare Rafn subsp.
Centaurium vulgare subsp. compressum
Chironia littoralis
Erythraea compressa
Erythraea intermedia
Erythraea turneri

Related species

Centaurium erythraea Rafn - Common Centaury
Centaurium littorale (Turner) Gilmour - Seaside Centaury
Centaurium pulchellum (Sw.) Druce - Lesser Centaury

Traits


    Maximal 25 cm tall. inflorescence: terminal, dichasial, mostly densely flowered. flowers: (almost) sessile, reddish to violet. corolla-lobes: 3–8 mm long. styli: filiform. fruits: capsules. stem: branched mainly in the upper half, with a basal leaf-rosette. stem-leav...

    You find the complete description in our identification books.

Distribution

Distribution in Europe


Centaurium littorale

Legend

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.

Distribution in Germany

Centaurium littorale

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Natural, established occurences
Artificial occurences

The color intensity reflects the species' abundance

Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)

Ecology

Centaurium littorale

Centaurium littorale

Status

  • native

Habitat

  • riparian vegetation, mudflat vegetation, reedbeds, perennial herbaceous vegetation, screes, rocky habitats, salt marshes

  • in moist to wet, often saline habitats

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