Slender-flowered Centaurium / قُنطُريون صغير دقيق الزهر /

Centaurium tenuiflorum (Hoffmanns. & Link) Fritsch

Edibility and usage

Edibility
Unknown
Blooming period
April to June
Seed collection period
June to July
Potential medicinal uses
  • Carminative

Description

Perenniality
Annual
Petal colour
  • Pink
Leaf type
  • Entire
Life form
  • Annual

Scientifc data

Genus
Centaurium
Family
Gentianaceae
Wikidata item
Q15546591
GBIF Item
Centaurium tenuiflorum (Hoffmanns. & Link) Fritsch (6367342)

References

  1. Centaurium tenuiflorum (Hoffmanns. & Link) Fritsch in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-03-22.(English)
  2. Mifsud, S. (2021) Centaurium tenuiflorum profile created on Dec-07. Retrieved from MaltaWildPlants.com on 11-Apr-2022
  3. Nehmé, M.(2008). Etymological dictionary of Syrian flora. Beirut: Librairie du liban publishers.(English, French, and Arabic)
  4. Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).

Citation

Centaurium tenuiflorum (Hoffmanns. & Link) Fritsch in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/742 accessed via barari.org on 4/18/2026.

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