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Centranthus ruber Ple cil


Red Valerian *
Centranthus ruber


Family: Valerianaceae (VALERIAN).
Other common names: Jupiter's beard.
Generic common name: CENTRANTHUS.

Las Flores Road margin, vertical road cut, April 2008.

Characteristics: Non-Native, Red, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.

A cultivated species occasionally escaped near urban landscaping.

























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