Zeltnera beyrichii
Zeltnera beyrichii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Magnoliophyta |
Class: | Magnoliopsida |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Gentianaceae |
Genus: | Zeltnera |
Species: | Z. beyrichii |
Binomial name | |
Zeltnera beyrichii (Torr. & A. Gray) Mansion | |
Zeltnera beyrichii, commonly known as mountain pink, quinine weed or 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.
Until 2004 it was known as Centaurium beyrichii.[1]
References
- ↑ Mansion, Guilhem (2004). "A new classification of the polyphyletic genus Centaurium Hill (Chironiinae, Gentianaceae): description of the New World endemic Zeltnera, and reinstatement of Gyrandra Griseb. and Schenkia Griseb.". Taxon. 53 (3): 719–740. doi:10.2307/4135447. JSTOR 4135447.
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