Centaurium exaltatum Calflora

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Taxon Report

Centaurium exaltatum (Griseb.) W. Wight ex Piper

(not an active name)

Cancha lagua, Desert centaury, Spring loving centaury

2008 Keir Morse

2010 Anna Bennett

Centaurium exaltatum is an annual herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~270 records in California Plant Characteristics

Bloom Period

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Genus:	Centaurium
Family:	Gentianaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Communities: Coastal Sage Scrub, Creosote Bush Scrub, Chaparral, wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Centaurium namophilum var. nevadense
PLANTS	Centaurium nuttallii
PLANTS	Cicendia exaltata
PLANTS	Zeltnera exaltata
JEF	Zeltnera exaltata

Information about Centaurium exaltatum from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. USDA PLANTS Profile (CEEX) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
photos / record / common / links 2008 Keir Morse:!2010 Anna Bennett:! null:!null:!

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/21/2024).