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Zeltnera davyi is a species of flowering plant in the gentian family known by the common name Davy's centaury.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Gentianaceae |
| Genus: | Zeltnera |
| Species: | Z. davyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Zeltnera davyi (Jeps.) G.Mans., 2004 | |
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Distribution
editThe plant is nearly endemic to California, where it is known from the coastline around the San Francisco Bay Area and areas north, as well as from Santa Cruz Island, one of the Channel Islands.[3] It is also found in the northern Mexican state of Baja California to some extent.[2]
It grows in moist coastal sage scrub habitats on bluffs and dunes, and in coastal woodlands.
Description
editZeltnera davyi is an annual herb not exceeding about 25 centimeters in height, with oval leaves under 2 centimeters long.
The inflorescence is a small, open array of flowers, some on very short pedicels. Each flower has generally five overlapping corolla lobes, each only a few millimeters in length, usually pink or partially pink in color.
Taxonomy
editZeltnera davyi was scientifically described as a subspecies named Centaurium exaltatum var. davyi by Willis Linn Jepson in 1925. It was reevaluated as a species by LeRoy Abrams in 1951 and given its present name by Guilhem Mansion in 2004.[2]
References
edit- ↑ NatureServe (2024). "Centaurium davyi". Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- 1 2 3 "Zeltnera davyi (Jeps.) G.Mans". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ↑ Pringle, James S. (2010). "The Identity and Nomenclature of the Pacific North American Species Zeltnera Muhlenbergii (gentianaceae) and Its Distinction from Centaurium Tenuiflorum and Other Species with Which It Has Been Confused". Madroño. 57 (3): 192. doi:10.3120/0024-9637-57.3.184. ISSN 0024-9637. JSTOR 41425866. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
External links
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Media related to Zeltnera davyi at Wikimedia Commons- Jepson Manual Treatment of Centaurium davyi
- Centaurium davyi — U.C. Photo gallery
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