Calflora Taxon Report
Centaurium exaltatum  (Griseb.) W. Wight ex Piper

(not an active name)
Cancha lagua,   Desert centaury,   Spring loving centaury
Centaurium exaltatum is an annual herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.
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
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Bloom Period
Genus: Centaurium
Family: Gentianaceae  
Category: angiosperm  
PLANTS group:Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Communities: Coastal Sage Scrub, Creosote Bush Scrub, Chaparral, wetland-riparian
Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS
Alternate Names:
PLANTSCentaurium namophilum var. nevadense
PLANTSCentaurium nuttallii
PLANTSCicendia exaltata
PLANTSZeltnera exaltata
JEFZeltnera exaltata
Information about Centaurium exaltatum from other sources
Nursery availability from CNPLX
Commercial availability unknown.

USDA PLANTS Profile (CEEX)

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