INTERMEDIATE CENTAURY
Centaurium erythraea x littorale
Centaurium × intermedium
Gentian Family [Gentianaceae] 
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Gentian Family [Gentianaceae]
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flower
flower
inner
inner
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petals
(4)-5stem
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| 9th Aug 2014, Hightown, Sefton Coast. | Photo: © RWD |
| It is fairly pointless commenting on the features because they will vary depending how much variance there is between the two parents and their possible back-crosses. |
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| 9th Aug 2014, Hightown, Sefton Coast. | Photo: © RWD |
| A rather short specimen. |
| 9th Aug 2014, Hightown, Sefton Coast. | Photo: © RWD |
| The brown cylinders alongside are the fruits. |
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| 9th Aug 2014, Hightown, Sefton Coast. | Photo: © RWD |
| Here the yellow anthers have twisted into a tight spiral, which happens to all(?) Centaurys after the flower has opened. The stigma is flatter than that on Seaside Centaury which is one of this hybrids parents. |
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| 9th Aug 2014, Hightown, Sefton Coast. | Photo: © RWD |
| Some stems square, with either a few ridges or very short wings on the corners (not diagnostic; all Centauries seem to variously have square stems with stubby wings and rounded stems elsewhere). |
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This is the hybrid between Seaside Centaury (Centaurium littorale) and Common Centaury (Centaurium erythraea) which is called simply Centaurium × intermedium and it has characteristics almost anywhere inbetween both parents.
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 Centaurium
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intermedium
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Gentianaceae
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 Centaurium (Centauries) |
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Gentian Family [Gentianaceae]
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