species
Centaurium pulchellum
Slender centaury · Lesser centaury
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Centaurium pulchellum belongs to the family Gentianaceae, also known as Slender centaury or Lesser centaury, native to the UK. It grows in full sun, where the ground is neutral or alkaline and in moist or poorly drained conditions. It tolerates coastal exposure.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Aspect
- Full sun
- Acidity
- Neutral, Alkaline
- Moisture
- Moist, Poorly drained
- Coastal
- Tolerates salt wind
- In the UK
- Native
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