Common centaury Centaurium erythraea

Features

This is an erect biennial herb which reaches half a meter in height.

Species	Annual and biennial plant
Living space	Cultivated areas, Meadow, Treeline
Size	10-50 cm

Description

The stem has grown in the upper part. The lower leaves are in a rosette, the stem leaves opposite, long ovate to lanceolate. The inflorescence is a slight pakobul, a corolla twice as long as the calyx. It grows in sunny, grassy habitats from the lowlands to the Montana belt. It is a medicinal plant.