Calflora
Taxon  Report   11124    
Zeltnera muehlenbergii  (Griseb.) G. Mans.
Muehlenberg's centaury
Zeltnera muehlenbergii, a dicot, is an annual herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.
also called Centaurium muehlenbergii
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial

Bloom Period
Family: Gentianaceae  
Genus: Zeltnera

Wetlands:
Arid West: Equally likely to occur in wetlands and non wetlands
Mountains, Valleys and Coast: Occurs usually in wetlands, occasionally in non wetlands

Communities: Sagebrush Scrub, Redwood Forest, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Northern Oak Woodland, Foothill Woodland, Valley Grassland, Northern Juniper Woodland, wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF
Alternate Names:
JEFCentaurium curvistamineum
JEFCentaurium floribundum
JEFCentaurium muehlenbergii
More information about  Zeltnera muehlenbergii
Nursery availability from CNPLX
This plant is available commercially.
Jepson eFlora

International Plants Names Index

Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)

Landscape information from Calscape

Photos on PlantID.net   /   Google Images

Consortium of California Herbaria 2

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]. 2021. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/   (Accessed: 04/21/2021).