Centaurium pulchellum

Centaurium pulchellum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Gentianaceae
Genus:	Centaurium
Species:	C. pulchellum
Binomial name
Centaurium pulchellum

Centaurium pulchellum is a species of flowering plant in the gentian family known by the common name lesser centaury. It differs from Centaurium erythraea by lacking basal rosette of leaves and by having a developed peduncle below the flowers. It is often much smaller, less than ten centimetres.^[1]

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