GENTIANACEAE

Centaurium beyrichii

Common Name:  Mountain Pink, Beyrich's Centaury, Rock Centaury

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individual flower showing anthers spirally coiled after dehiscence  
habit - annual to approx. 30 cm  
sessile, opposite leaves - typical of plants in the Gentianaceae family flowers numerous, densely-packed in the much-branched inflorescence