Zeltnera_muehlenbergii

<i>Zeltnera muehlenbergii</i>

Zeltnera muehlenbergii

Species of plant

Zeltnera muehlenbergii is a species of annual herb commonly known as Monterey centaury and Muhlenberg's centaury. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California and Nevada, where it commonly grows in forests and other moist places. This is an annual herb growing thin, erect, branching stems to heights anywhere between 10 centimeters and one meter. Oval-shaped leaves are arranged oppositely on the stem and are up to 2 or 3 centimeters long. The branching inflorescence bears many flowers, each with small bracts at its base. The flower has five oval-shaped petallike lobes each a few millimeters long.

Quick Facts Zeltnera muehlenbergii, Scientific classification ...

Until 2004 it was placed in genus Centaurium.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Zeltnera muehlenbergii". The Plant List. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  2. [2]
    Mansion, Guilhem (2004). "A new classification of the polyphyletic genus Centaurium Hill (Chironiinae, Gentianaceae): description of the New World endemic Zeltnera, and reinstatement of Gyrandra Griseb. and Schenkia Griseb". Taxon. 53 (3): 719–740. doi:10.2307/4135447. JSTOR 4135447.


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