Description ³

Centaurium davyi is an annual herb not exceeding about 25 centimeters in height, with oval leaves under 2 centimeters long.

The inflorescence is a small, open array of flowers, some on very short pedicels. Each flower has generally five overlapping corolla lobes, each only a few millimeters in length, usually pink or partially pink in color.

Distribution ³

The plant is endemic to California, where it is known from the coastline around the San Francisco Bay Area and areas north, as well as from Santa Cruz Island, one of the Channel Islands.

It grows in moist coastal sage scrub habitats on bluffs and dunes, and in coastal woodlands.

Fuentes y créditos

1. (c) Jerry Kirkhart, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/33466410@N00/2524654490
2. (c) Rancho del Oso - Big Basin Redwoods State Park, todos los derechos reservados, subido por Rancho del Oso - Big Basin Redwoods State Park
3. (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaurium_davyi

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• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• Jepson eFlora
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• World Flora Online

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