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Centaurium tenuiflorum (Hoffmanns. & Link) Fritsch

slender centaury (Gentianaceae)

 SpreadBias within British IslesDirection of bias
Very localVery strong tendencyS
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Centaurium tenuiflorum grows on unstable cliffs in Dorset, where it is almost exclusively white-flowering.

Seatown (VC9: Dorset); 2016-07-19

 slender centaury / Centaurium tenuiflorum: _Centaurium tenuiflorum_ grows on unstable cliffs in Dorset, where it is almost exclusively white-flowering.

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