Common Centaury
Centaurium erythraea
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- Type: Flowering Plant
- Family: Gentianaceae
- Genus: Centaurium
- Species: erythraea
- Colour: Pink
- Habitat: Heathland
- Habitat: Scrubland
- Habitat: Waysides
- Site:East London
- Site:Ripple Nature Reserve
- Site:UK
- Month:June
- Photographer:RKS