Calflora: Centaurium muehlenbergii

Taxon Report 1860

Centaurium muehlenbergii (Griseb.) Piper (not an active name)

Monterey centaury, Muhlenberg's centaury

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Centaurium muehlenbergii, a dicot, is an annual herb that is native to California and is also found outside of California, but is confined to western North America.


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Plant Characteristics
and Associations

Family:	GENTIANACEAE
Genus:	Centaurium

Communities:	Sagebrush Scrub, Redwood Forest, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Northern Oak Woodland, Foothill Woodland, Valley Grassland, Northern Juniper Woodland, wetland-riparian
Wetlands:	Equally likely to occur in wetlands or non wetlands [U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.]

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Name Status:

Accepted by PLANTS + JM93
TJM2 accepted name:	Zeltnera muehlenbergii

Alternate Names:
(according to)

PLANTS:	Centaurium curvistamineum
PLANTS:	Centaurium floribundum
PLANTS:	Zeltnera muehlenbergii

NOTE: Centaurium muehlenbergii is not an active name in the Calflora species table.

More information about Centaurium muehlenbergii


	Location Suitability Nursery / seed vendor availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Landscaping information from Calscape Photos on CalPhotos / Google Images		Records from the Consortium of California Herbaria Original Publication citation (ITIS) USDA PLANTS Profile (CEMU2)		Search the International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center website references from Google

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation,
with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria.
[web application]. 2017. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization].
Available: http://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: Jul 14, 2017).

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