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Centaurium tenuiflorum (Slender Centaury) |
Centaurium tenuiflorum (GENTIANACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Centaurium tenuiflorum (Hoffmennsegg & Link) Fritsch
Published in (Hoffmanns. & Link) Fritsch, Mitt. Naturw. Ver. Wien 5: 97 (1907) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : | Gentianaceae
Juss. (The Gentian Family)
5 species from the Gentianaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Slender Centaury | Maltese name(s) : | Ċentawrija rqiqa | Status for Malta : | Indigenous. Present on the Maltese islands before man | Frequency : | Very Common Common Frequent
Scarce Rare Very rare Extinct
| Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: THEROPHYTE (annuals)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Apr-Jun | Colour of Flowers: | Pink or Violet |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Damp grassy places, especially near the sea. |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Botanical Description: |
Annual 15-25(-40) cm, without or with a weak basal leaf-rosette. Stem with 5-9 internodes, branched above; branches strict. Cauline leaves 1-2.5 x 0.8-1 cm, ovate to elliptical, obtuse to subacute, increasing in length upwards. Flowers 12-14 mm, in a more or less dense dichasial cyme; pedicels at least 2 mm. Calyx nearly equalling the corolla-tube. Corolla-lobes usually 3-4 mm. |
Distributional range: |
S. & W. Europe northwards to S. England. |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
the Balaeric Islands, Britain (excl. Northern Ireland and Channel islands), Corse, Crete, France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Greece, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia, Portugal, Russia and former USSR, Sardinia, Sicily and/or Malta, Turkey (European part) |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
AE Ag Al Az ?Az(F) dAz(S) Bl Br Co Cr Ct Cy Ga(F) Gr Hs(S) IJ It Li LS Lu Ma Md(M) Sa Si(M S) Sl Sr Tn Tu(A E) Uk(K) [Ca(C F G H L P T)] |
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