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Medicinal

Traditional Herbal Medicine Registration (THMR).

Geographical distribution

  • Africa, Northern Africa, Algeria
  • Africa, Northern Africa, Libya
  • Africa, Northern Africa, Morocco
  • Africa, Northern Africa, Tunisia
  • Asia-Temperate, Caucasus
  • Asia-Temperate, Middle Asia, Tadzhikistan
  • Asia-Temperate, Middle Asia, Turkmenistan
  • Asia-Temperate, Middle Asia, Uzbekistan
  • Asia-Temperate, Siberia
  • Asia-Temperate, Western Asia, Afghanistan
  • Asia-Temperate, Western Asia, Cyprus
  • Asia-Temperate, Western Asia, Iran
  • Asia-Temperate, Western Asia, Iraq
  • Asia-Temperate, Western Asia, Israel
  • Asia-Temperate, Western Asia, Jordan
  • Asia-Temperate, Western Asia, Lebanon-Syria
  • Asia-Temperate, Western Asia, Turkey
  • Asia-Tropical, Indian Subcontinent, Pakistan
  • Europe, Eastern Europe
  • Europe, Middle Europe
  • Europe, Northern Europe
  • Europe, Northern Europe, Great Britain
  • Europe, Southeastern Europe
  • Europe, Southwestern Europe

Centaurium erythraea Rafn

Family: GENTIANACEAE
Genus: Centaurium
Species: erythraea Rafn
Common names: Bitter Herb; Bloodwort; Christ's Ladder; Feverwort; Earth Gall; Centaury
Pharmacopoeia Londinensis name: Centaurium minus
Distribution summary: Eurasia
Habit: Biennial
Hardiness: H5 - Hardy; cold winter
Habitat: Meadows, Clearings, Dry slopes
Garden status: Currently grown
Garden location: Europe & Mediterranean (E), Plants in pots (POT)
Flowering months: July, August, September
Reason for growing: Medicinal, traditional herbal registration


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