Centaurium Hill

Stigmatic lobes reniform to shoe-shaped, fleshy; capsule linear Centaurium

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Corolla lobes 3–4 mm long, dark red; corolla tube slightly longer than the calyx. Leaves elliptic-oblong, 1–2 cm long. Erect herb up to 25 cm high. Widespread. Waste places, pastures and cleared land. Introd. from Europe. Fl. spring–summer Centaurium tenuiflorum

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Corolla lobes 4–6 mm long, light red; corolla tube longer than the calyx. Leaves obovate to elliptic-oblong, 1–2 cm long. Erect herb up to 25 cm high. Widespread. Waste places, pastures and cleared land. Introd. from Europe. Fl. spring–summer Common Centaury Centaurium erythraea