Centaurium tenuiflorum, (Hoflftnanns. & Link) Fritsch

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 59

12. C. tenuiflorum (Hoflftnanns. & Link) Fritsch , M itt. Naturw. Ver. Wien 5: 97 (1907)

( Erythraea latifolia auct., non Sm.).

Annual 15-25(-40) cm, without or with a weak basal leaf-rosette. Stem with 5-9 internodes, branched above; branches strict. Cauline leaves 1-2-5 x 0-8-1 cm, ovate to elliptical, obtuse to subacute, increasing in length upwards. Flowers 12-14 mm, in a more or less dense dichasial cyme; pedicels at least 2 mm. Calyx nearly equalling the corolla-tube. Corolla-lobes usually 3-4 mm. Damp grassy places, especially near the sea. S. & W. Europe northwards to S. England. BI Br Co Cr Ga G r Hs It Ju Lu Rs (K) Sa Si Tu.