Centaurium erythraea Raf.

Common Centaury

Minimum height	10
Maximal height	50
Life form	Th-HT
SBT (Social Behaviour Type)	G
Ujvárosi's life form system	T4
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (main category)	Th
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (sub-category)	Th_sum

Chromosome number	38, 40
Ploidy level	NA

Phytosociological categorization (Soó)	I
Phytosociological categorization (Borhidi)	Indiff.
Nativeness	native species
Residence time
Introduction mode
Invasion status
Area type	EUA
Conservation status	not protected
Conservation value (HUF)
Year of protection
IUCN Red List category	NE
Hungarian Red List category
Conservation value category	K

Ellenberg indicator values
EIV L	8
EIV T	6
EIV K	5
EIV F	5
EIV R	6
EIV N	6
EIV S	0
Zólyomi's ecological indicator values
TZ-scale	5
WZ-scale	5
RZ-scale	3
Soó's ecological indicator values
TS-scale	3
FS- scale	2-3
RS- scale	0.3
NS-scale	2-3
Borhidi's ecological indicator values
TB-scale	6
WB-scale	5
RB-scale	6
NB-scale	5
LB-scale	8
CB-scale	5
SB-scale	0

Leaf traits
Leaf Area (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
Leaf Area (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf Area (Gyalus et al. 2022)	48.000
Leaf Area (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	593.400
LDMC (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
LDMC (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
LDMC (Gyalus et al. 2022)	204.533
LDMC (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	230.395
SLA (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
SLA (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
SLA (Gyalus et al. 2022)	22.240
SLA (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	33.889
Leaf fresh mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf fresh mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	0.076
Leaf dry mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf dry mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	17.510

Distribution in Hungary

Distribution maps presented here are only for reference purposes, for more details see the Vascular plants of Hungary online database.

Last update: 3 February 2022.