Centaury, Common
- Product number: 343150
- Origin: Europe
- Latin: Centaurium erythraea
Rare wild plant, grows on sandy and loamy soils and flowers from July-September. The 30 cm tall, sparse flower stems have an umbellate cluster of pink-red flowers with playful yellow stamens at the end. This descendant of the gentian family was formerly widely used in medicine. You'd pay a thousand guilders for your health, wouldn't you? It primarily works on appetite and digestion. Biennial.
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Latin: Centaurium erythraea
Dutch: Duizendguldenkruid
English: Centaury
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- Flower colour: Pinkish-red flowers with yellow stamens
- Origin: Europe
- Average growth height: Up to 30 cm
- Annual or perennial: Biennial
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- Winter hardy: Moderately frost hardy
- Ease of cultivation: Moderate
- Latin: Centaurium erythraea
- Dutch: Centaury
- Also known as: Not applicable / Unknown
- English: Centaury
