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Gentianaceae
Centaurium

not marked as a favorite taxon *Centaurium tenuiflorum (Hoffmansegg & Link) Fritsch ex Janchen. Common name: Slender Centaury. Phenology: Jun. Habitat: Drawdown pond in blackland prairie, other habitats. Distribution: Native of Eurasia. See Keener (2013) for additional, detailed information.

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Origin/Endemic status: Eurasia

Taxonomy Comments: Pringle (2023) treated C. tenuiflorum broadly, but expected it to be divided; our plants included under this name are apparently an unnamed allotetraploid of C. erythraea × diploid tenuiflorum.

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA14, K4, NS, Drake (2011); > Centaurium tenuiflorum ssp. tenuiflorum — POWO. Basionym: Erythraea tenuiflora Hoffmanns. & Link 1813

Links to other floras: = Centaurium tenuiflorum - FNA14

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
  • Great Plains: FACW

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