Centaurium beyrichii

Taxobox
name = "Centaurium beyrichii"


image_caption =
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Gentianales
familia = Gentianaceae
genus = "Centaurium"
species = "C. beyrichii"
binomial = "Centaurium beyrichii"
binomial_authority = L.

"Centaurium beyrichii", (mountain pink, quinine weed, rock centaury) is an annual that blooms from late spring to early fall. Used as a medicinal plant by pioneers, the flowers were dried and used to reduce fevers. [ [http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:80HLDi_DheMJ:hotx.com/wildflowers/Lpage.html+quinine-weed+pioneers&hl=en&client=firefox-a&gl=us&strip=1 403 Forbidden ] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.wildflower.org/gallery/species.php?id_plant=CEBE Photo gallery]
* [http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/62750/ Information on Mountain Pink, Quinine-weed, Rock Centaury, Centaurium beyrichii]