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Common Centaury Common Centaury
Centaurium erythraea
Height up to 25cm

Upright annual of dry, grassy places, especially sand dunes in the N. Widespread and common throughout. Has basal rosette of oval leaves and opposite pairs of leaves on stems. Clusters of pink, 5-petalled flowers appear June­September.
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