Wildflowers of Europe
Centaurium erythraea
| Family : | GENTIANACEAE (Gentian Family) |
| Common Name (UK) : | Common Centaury |
| Common Name (DE) : | Echtes Tausendgüldenkraut |
| Common Name (FR) : | Petite centaurée |
| Habitat : | Mountain species of wasteland and forest. |
| Remarks : | "The genus was formerly called Chironia, from the Centaur Chiron, who was famous in Greek mythology for his skill in medicinal herbs, and is supposed to have cured himself with it from a wound he had accidentally received from an arrow poisoned with the blood of the hydra. The English name Centaury has the same origin." from Botanical.com |
| First appearing : | July |
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