Zeltnera muehlenbergii is a species of annual herb commonly known as Monterey centaury and Muhlenberg's centaury. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California and Nevada, where it commonly grows in forests and other moist places. This is an annual herb growing thin, erect, branching stems to heights anywhere between 10 centimeters and one meter. Oval-shaped leaves are arranged oppositely on the stem and are up to 2 or 3 centimeters long. The branching inflorescence bears many flowers, each with small bracts at its base. The flower has five oval-shaped petallike lobes each a few millimeters long.
^"Zeltnera muehlenbergii". The Plant List. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
^Mansion, Guilhem (2004). "A new classification of the polyphyletic genus Centaurium Hill (Chironiinae, Gentianaceae): description of the New World endemic Zeltnera, and reinstatement of Gyrandra Griseb. and Schenkia Griseb". Taxon. 53 (3): 719–740. doi:10.2307/4135447. JSTOR 4135447.
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zeltnera, muehlenbergii, species, annual, herb, commonly, known, monterey, centaury, muhlenberg, centaury, native, western, north, america, from, british, columbia, california, nevada, where, commonly, grows, forests, other, moist, places, this, annual, herb, . Zeltnera muehlenbergii is a species of annual herb commonly known as Monterey centaury and Muhlenberg s centaury It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California and Nevada where it commonly grows in forests and other moist places This is an annual herb growing thin erect branching stems to heights anywhere between 10 centimeters and one meter Oval shaped leaves are arranged oppositely on the stem and are up to 2 or 3 centimeters long The branching inflorescence bears many flowers each with small bracts at its base The flower has five oval shaped petallike lobes each a few millimeters long Zeltnera muehlenbergiiScientific classificationKingdom PlantaeClade TracheophytesClade AngiospermsClade EudicotsClade AsteridsOrder GentianalesFamily GentianaceaeGenus ZeltneraSpecies Z muehlenbergiiBinomial nameZeltnera muehlenbergii Griseb G Mans Synonyms 1 Centaurium curvistamineum Wittr Druce Centaurium floribundum Benth B L Rob Centaurium minimum Howell Piper Centaurium muehlenbergii Griseb W Wight ex Piper Centaurodes floribundum Benth Kuntze Centaurodes muehlenbergii Griseb Kuntze Chironia dubia Willd ex Griseb Erythraea curvistamineum Wittr Erythraea curvistaninea Wittr Erythraea floribunda Benth Erythraea minima Howell Erythraea muehlenbergii Griseb Erythraea pulchella A Gray ex Griseb nom illeg Until 2004 it was placed in genus Centaurium 2 References edit Zeltnera muehlenbergii The Plant List Retrieved 25 November 2015 Mansion Guilhem 2004 A new classification of the polyphyletic genus Centaurium Hill Chironiinae Gentianaceae description of the New World endemic Zeltnera and reinstatement of Gyrandra Griseb and Schenkia Griseb Taxon 53 3 719 740 doi 10 2307 4135447 JSTOR 4135447 External links editJepson Manual Treatment USDA Plants Profile Photo gallery nbsp This Gentianales related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Zeltnera muehlenbergii amp oldid 1145654390, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
