Photo of Plantae: Branched Centaury (species: Centaurium tenuiflorum) (Gaia Guide)

Branched Centaury (Centaurium tenuiflorum)

© Harry Rose

Flowerheads are corymb-like with numerous compound cymes. Petals are pale red to dark pink and form a tube, with lobes 3-5 mm long; the tube is less than 1½ times the length of the sepals. Flowering is in summer.

Photo taken on 12 Jan 2008

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