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Mountain Pink, Centaurium beyrichii (6)   Mountain Pink, Centaurium beyrichii (9)   Mountain Pink, Centaurium beyrichii (22)   Mountain Pink, Centaurium beyrichii (13)   Mountain Pink, Centaurium beyrichii (23)   Mountain Pink, Centaurium beyrichii (14)   Mountain Pink, Centaurium beyrichii (18)

Gentianaceae - Gentian family
Mountain Pink Centaurium beyrichii
Flower about 5/8" wide. Very thin leaves. Bush shown is about 8" wide.
Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, June 2004
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Coleman, Brown, Coke)




Lady Bird's Centaury, Centaurium texens, CY (3)   Lady Bird's Centaury, Centaurium texens, CY

Gentianaceae - Gentian family
Lady Bird's Centaury Centaurium texens
1/4" pink 5 point star flower, white center. Single stem branches halfway to the top, keeps re-branching loosely. Single flower at top of each branch. Leaves similar to Mountain Pink.
Photos taken in Coryell County, Texas, June 2010
(Native of central Texas - not in my area)




Meadow Pink, Sabatia campestris, CA (1)   Meadow Pink, Sabatia campestris, CA (3)   Meadow Pink, Sabatia campestris, CA (8)   Meadow Pink, Sabatia campestris, CA (4)   Meadow Pink, Sabatia campestris, CA (5)   Meadow Pink, Sabatia campestris, CA (7)

Gentianaceae - Gentian family
Meadow Pink (Texas Star) Sabatia campestris

Flower about 1 1/2" wide, pointed petals, white and yellow center. Bush shown is about 10" tall.
Photos taken in Callahan County, Texas, June 2010
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Brown)



Other Species in My Area

Arizona Centaury Centaurium calycosum

1/2" wide white or pink 5 point star flower, white center. A few loose flower stems at the top of a single leaf trunk. Lower leaves long and pointed, 1/2"-1 1/2" long. Upper leaves highly cut, little more than ribs. Stem hairy. Long pod is hairy.

(Native of Texas - Taylor, Coleman, Coke)



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