Centaurium erythraea

Common name: Austral Centaury / Common Centaury

Family: Gentianaceae

Grimwade sheet number: 40

Original identification: Erythraea centaurium

Distribution (from Flora of Victoria): Vic. All regions except MMAL, WIM - naturalized all states except NT; native to Europe and Western Asia.

Except the far-north, north-west and heavy soils of the volcanic plain, a common and widespread weed of gardens, roadsides and bushland near cities and towns.

Map - Australia's Virtual Herbarium

Flowering time: October - February

Pictures:

  • Austral Centaury / Common Centaury
  • Austral Centaury / Common Centaury

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