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Centaurium erythraea Rafn
Common Centaury

Reference
Danm.Holst.Fl. 2:75-77 (1800)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Alien to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Biennial or annual, herb, 0.05-0.5 m high. Fl. pink/pink-red, Oct to Dec or Jan to Apr. Damp habitats.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 22 September 1999
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Hampton, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Ord Victoria Plain, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Carnegie, Dandaragan Plateau, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Hampton, Katanning, Lateritic Plain, Lesueur Sandplain, Mann-Musgrave Block, Mardabilla, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, South Kimberley Interzone, Warren, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
Abrolhos Islands, Leeuwin-Naturaliste.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Boyup Brook, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Busselton, Carnamah, Chittering, Collie, Dardanup, Denmark, Donnybrook-Balingup, Dundas, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Gosnells, Greater Geraldton, Halls Creek, Harvey, Jerramungup, Kalamunda, Kent, Manjimup, Murray, Nannup, Narrogin, Nedlands, Ngaanyatjarraku, Plantagenet, Rockingham, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan, Toodyay, Wanneroo, Waroona, West Arthur, Wickepin, Wiluna, York.