Centaurium pulchellum subsp. pulchellum

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Chad, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Gulf States, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Netherlands, Niger, North Caucasus, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Oman, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sicilia, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Xinjiang

Introduced into:

Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Bermuda, Brazil South, Chile South, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Falkland Is., Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Jamaica, Khabarovsk, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Mexico Northwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New York, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Peru, Primorye, Québec, South Dakota, Texas, Uruguay, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

• Dar, G.H. & Govaerts, R.H.A. (2025). Flora of Kashmir Himalaya: Sind Valley 2: 607-1262. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehradun, India.
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• Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.

Kew Backbone Distributions

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