Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Yellow Centaury, Cicendia filiformis, Deagha buí
Photographs: Barleycove, Co. Cork

Yellow Centaury
Cicendia filiformis
Deagha buí
Family: Gentianaceae

Flowering July - September. Annual. Native.

The small, long-stalked, solitary yellow flowers are sometimes pink-tinged and are followed by globular seed capsules. Pairs of small linear leaves are widely spaced on the slender, erect stalks. A small inconspicuous plant and easily missed when not flowering. Height 3-12cm.

Irish distribution is mainly in SW Ireland on open heaths on damp, sandy or peaty ground in Co. Kerry and West Cork

Yellow Centaury, Cicendia filiformis, Deagha buí

Yellow Centaury, Cicendia filiformis, Deagha buí
Yellow Centaury, Cicendia filiformis, Deagha buí

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