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
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