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Gentianaceae
European centaury
Centaurium erythraea
Also known as Feverwort, Common centaury, Centaury, Erythraea centaurium
Native Plants · Edibles & Herbs · European Centaury · Centaurium · Medicinal Herb · Wildflower · Pink Flowers · Cottage Garden · Gentianaceae · Pollinator · Meadow · Herbal
European centaury is a charming wildflower with a long history of medicinal use, producing clusters of small pink blooms in summer when grown in a sunny to partly shaded spot with well-drained soil. It is quite drought tolerant once established and needs very little fertilizing or fussing. This plant is best suited to cottage gardens, meadow borders, or naturalized areas where it can self-seed gently.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, allowing the soil to dry out between waterings · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6.5–7
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 10 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Argentina South, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Central European Rus, Corse, Costa Rica
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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