Zeltnera glandulifera
(Glandular Mountain Pink)
Zeltnera glandulifera, East Contrabando Trail, Big Bend Ranch State Park 5269
Zeltnera glandulifera, East Contrabando Trail, Big Bend Ranch State Park 5273
Zeltnera glandulifera, East Contrabando Trail, Big Bend Ranch State Park 5291
Zeltnera glandulifera, East Contrabando Trail, Big Bend Ranch State Park 5297
| Scientific Name | Zeltnera glandulifera (Centaurium glanduliferum) | USDA PLANTS Symbol | CEGL6 |
| Common Name | Sticky Centaury, Glandular Mountain Pink | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 822507 |
| Family | Gentianaceae (Gentian) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Habitat: Gravelly, rocky limestone soils; prairies, hillside, roadsides of Big Bend area. Plant: Erect, bushy annual 6 or more inches tall with single, much-branched, glandular-hairy stem; branches in upper portions grouped together. Leaves: Glandular-hairy stem leaves opposite, sessile, narrowly linear-oblanceolate, up to 1-1/4 inches long, 1/8 inch wide; uppermost nearly thread-like. Inflorescence: Numerous bright pink to rose-colored flowers in terminal clusters or at branch forks; calyx tube opening into star shape with 5 pointed lobes, white at base, about 3/4 inch across; protruding stamens with coiled yellow anthers. Bloom Period: May to August. References: Centaurium beyrichii var. glanduliferum in "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston; "Wildflowers of Texas" by Michael Eason. |
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Texas Status: Native |
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