Zeltnera beyrichii

Zeltnera beyrichii
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

  1. 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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