Lesser Centaury

Centaurium pulchellum

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Centaurium pulchellum is a species of flowering plant in the gentian family known by the common name lesser centaury. It differs from Centaurium erythraea by lacking basal rosette of leaves and by having a developed peduncle below the flowers. It is often much smaller, less than ten centimetres.

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