Key to Centaurium

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(For a list of species in Centaurium, use the above link.)

Jepson Manual glossary definitions can be seen by moving your cursor over words underlined with dots.

1. Pedicels 1–5(11) mm; inflorescence generally not flat-topped ..... [C. pulchellum]

1' Pedicels 0–2 mm; inflorescence ± flat-topped

2. Basal leaves generally rosetted, ± persistent; corolla 

lobes 

1. A major expansion or bulge, such as on the margin of a leaf, sepal, or petal, or on the surface of an ovary. 2. The free tips of otherwise fused structures, such as sepals or petals; larger than teeth.

4.5–8 mm ..... C. erythraea

2' Basal leaves ± not rosetted, ± deciduous; corolla lobes 2–4.5 mm ..... C. tenuiflorum

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