Centaurium Hill
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Nomenclature
Hill
Hill
1756
62
ICN
Centaurium Hill
genus
Centaurium
Classification
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Descriptions
Centaurium Hill
Annual or occasionally perennial, usually glabrous herbs, erect, spreading or cushion-like. Lvs opposite, sessile, sometimes amplexicaul. Fls in terminal dichasial cymes, arranged in corymbiform, capitate or spicate infls, (4)-5-merous. Calyx deeply lobed; lobes keeled, usually linear. Corolla salverform or ± funnelform, usually pink to purplish rose. Stamens usually inserted near apex or upper part of corolla tube; anthers linear or nearly so, twisting spirally after dehiscence. Style filiform, caducous; stigmas 2. Capsule fusiform to oblong-ovoid or ellipsoid; valve margins often intrusive. Seeds numerous, minute.
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Metadata
2c0d1572-33ab-499d-acf1-ead4e4f60a4b
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
18 February 2014