Louisiana State University, Shirley C. Tucker Herbarium (LSU:Vascular Plants)
LSU00067897
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Centaurium pulchellum (Sw.) Druce
Gentianaceae
branched centaury
P. Douglas
87
2002-04-15
2002-4-15
N. Hastings
United States, Louisiana, Saint Tammany, Camp Villerre; Camp Villere, DMC 2(superscript)28700/ 33(superscript)57200. Adjacent to West Perimeter Rd., 1.4 km E of Liberty Bayou, 3.7 km WNW of Bonfouca Bayou.
5 meters (16ft)
Scattered. Ascending to erect, fibrous rooted, annual herb; less than 15 cm tall. Corolla: bright pink. Community: Eastern mesic wet longleaf pine flatwoods/ eastern wet longleaf pine flatwood savannah. Topography: level. Substrate: silty loam to clay loam with standing water. Associates: Pinus elliottii, Magnolia grandifolora, Rhus copallinum, Triadica sebifera, Quercus, Andropogoneae, Carex, Juncus spp.