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Gentianaceae family
Charming Centaury Centaurium venustum
Native
Charming Centaury is an annual wildflower native to the lower 48 states. It blooms May – Jul.
More about this plant
Zeltnera venusta is a species of flowering plant in the gentian family known by the common names California centaury, charming centaury and canchalagua. This centaury is native to much of California, southern Oregon, and northwest Baja California. Wikipedia →
Growing & care
USDA PLANTS · TRY Conditions
Sources · Conditions
Cold hardiness (derived) — Hardiness
- Hardiness
- ≥ zone 10 derived from its U.S. range
Size & form
Sources · Size & form
USDA PLANTS — Lifespan
TRY Plant Trait Database (CC BY 4.0) — Foliage
- Lifespan
- Annual
- Foliage
- Broadleaf
In the garden
Herb layer — Sits in the herb of a layered food forest or polyculture.Open guide →
derived roles The garden year bloom → fruit → fall colour
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Bloom
Bloom (the flower's colour)
Bloom · May – Jul — 351 obs · Herbarium specimens — Park et al. 2023 (CC BY 4.0)
Species characteristics from USDA PLANTS (public domain) + TRY (CC BY) — general guidance, not a
guarantee for your exact site. Deer "browsing" is documented palatability, not a deer-proof claim.
Wildlife & pollinators
How pollinator value is scored →❧ Caterpillar hosts Documented caterpillar host
Recorded feeding on Centaurium in North America, including:
Named species (a documented Nearctic sample, not exhaustive) from NHM HOSTS (CC0). ✦ = recorded on this exact species.
Related plants
More Centaurium → Native
Alkali Centaury
Centaurium trichanthum
●○○○○ Native
Arizona Centaury
Centaurium arizonicum
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Native
Arizona Centaury
Centaurium calycosum
●○○○○ Native
Britton's Centaury
Centaurium quitense
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Native
Davy's Centaury
Centaurium davyi
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Native
Desert Centaury
Centaurium exaltatum
●○○○○ Same genus / family, ranked by ecological value — from the PlantKey catalog
Sources for this entry (13) Open & cited
[01] Scientific name & family — USDA PLANTS (DwCA, Zenodo 17903503)
[02] Growth habit & duration — USDA PLANTS (DwCA, Zenodo 17903503)
[03] Native status & distribution — USDA PLANTS (DwCA, Zenodo 17903503)
[04] Common name — USDA PLANTS (via GBIF)
[05] Invasive / introduced status — USDA PLANTS (DwCA, Zenodo 17903503) — native status
[06] Description — Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
[07] Ecological value — GloBI
[08] Bloom period — Herbarium specimens — Park et al. 2023 (CC BY 4.0)
[09] Conservation rank — NatureServe Explorer (CC BY)
[10] Foliage — TRY Plant Trait Database (CC BY 4.0)
[11] Functional traits — TRY Plant Trait Database (CC BY 4.0)
[12] Cold hardiness (derived) — Derived from U.S. range × USDA PHZM zones
[13] Caterpillar species — NHM HOSTS (CC0)
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