Family |
Gentianaceae
Centaurium pulchellum
(Sw.) Druce
Centaurium pulchellum (Sw.) Druce
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 3, Pl. XV nº 5–7; 1983)
Life-form & habit: Annual herb with a quadrangular stem, often branched from the base or higher up; 10–40 cm tall.
Leaves: Broad (4–8 mm), acute, especially in upper parts.
Inflorescence & flowers: Corymbiform and dichotomous cymes; all flowers pedicellate, even those at dichotomies; pedicels often clearly elongate.
Calyx: Exceeds half the length of the corolla tube, but does not reach its apex.
Corolla: Rose or, by albinism, white; tube slightly longer than calyx; lobes acute or subacute.
Fruit: Not described in detail.
Phenology: Flowers from May to September.
Habitat & elevation: Poorly drained terrain.
Lebanese distribution: Beirut, Nahr-el-Mott, Nahr el-Kelb, Jamhour, Cedars, Hasroun, Ta‘naïl.
Syrian distribution: North of Qneitra, marshes of Outaya, east of Tell Kalakh, region of Massiaf.
Native range: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Chad, China North-Central, China Southeast, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Gulf States, Hainan, Hungary, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Mali, Manchuria, Mauritania, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Niger, North Caucasus, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Oman, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Qinghai, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sicilia, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Türkey, Türkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang. (KEW)
Introduced into: Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Bermuda, Brazil South, Chile South, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Falkland Is., Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Jamaica, Khabarovsk, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Mexico Northwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New York, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Peru, Primorye, Québec, South Dakota, Texas, Uruguay, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming