Common Centaury or centaurium erythaea

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Date:20th of September 1965

Description:Common Centaury is an annual that frequents dry banks, wood clearings, gravel pits and other open places on sandstone heaths.

Flowering between June and October, it can grow to a height of 15cm.

This example was found growing at Springpool Woods, near Keele in Staffordshire, by Keith Goodway.

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This plant is now cared for by staff at Stoke-on-Trent Museums.

Related themes:

Rivers, Streams & Brooks Lakes, Ponds & Reservoirs Canals Agriculture & Countryside

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