Branched Centaury
Basal Leaves
Branched Centaury
Flower + Sepals
| Branched Centaury Basal Leaves | | Branched Centaury Flower + Sepals | | ||
 | Class: | Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida) | |||
| Order: | Centauries (Gentianales) | ||||
| Family: | Gentian (Gentianaceae) | ||||
| Species: | Branched Centaury (Centaurium tenuiflorum) | ||||
| This Photo: | 🔍Flower🔎 | ||||
General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere Can be difficult to distinguish from Spike Centaury on habit alone; particularly for small plants withonly one stem and one flower. However, the comparison of the sepals of the 3 similar plants here shows how unique Branched Centaury is from the other two with no distance between the tip of the sepals and the separation/bend of the petals. Similar Species: Spike Centaury (Schenkia australis) : Red Centaury (Centaurium erythraea) | |||||
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