USDA Symbol:CEBE USDA Native Status: Native to U.S.
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Specimen & Label Data
Centaurium beyrichii var. beyrichii
Mountain-Pink, Rock Centuary
Gentianaceae
Location: Gunsight Mountain Ranch, Tarpley.
Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Seep area at base of limestone bluff. Full sun.
Description: Erect, much branched from base and above, from stout taproot (5cm) annual, 20 cm tall. Leaves linear (.5x20 mm), opposite, medium green. Infloresences crowded terminally on pedicels 3-5 mm long. Sepals linear-lanceolate,.5x8 mm, appressed. Corolla tube 10+ mm long, constricted above. Lobes pink, 4 or 5, linear-oblong. Stamens exserted.
County: Bandera
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Jul 18, 1992
Specimen number: 474