[Centaurium exaltatum (Griseb.) W. Wight ex Piper, moreCentaurium namophilum var. nevadense Broome, Centaurium nuttallii (S. Wats.) Heller, Cicendia exaltata Griseb.]
Plant: annual or biennial herb, 2.5-40 cm tall; stems angled, winged, simple or branched Leaves: lanceolate, elliptic or oblanceolate, 8-35 mm long; basal rosette absent or present on larger (biennial-) plants INFLORESCENCE: cymose Flowers: 1-several, pedicellate; calyx lobes 5-10 mm long, often scarious margined, the tube 1-2 mm long; corolla pink, rarely white, the lobes 3-5 mm long, the tube (7-)9-12 mm long Fruit: cylindric capsules, 8-10 mm long; SEEDS oblong to spherical, finely reticulate Misc: In moist soil and seep areas; 500-1350 m (1600-4500 ft); Feb-Jun REFERENCES: Mason, Charles T. 1998 Gentianaceae. J. Ariz. – Nev. Acad. Sci. 30(2): 84.
