Gentian family

Gentianaceae in Australia

ASTERIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Christine Ashe

(updated 2 September 2009)

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Australian Flowers

Centaurium erythraea Centaury Nambour, December 2006

Centaurium tenuiflorum Branched Centaury Morwell Park, December 1999

Exacum affine Persian Violet courtesy of Concord Florist

Eustoma grandiflorum Lisianthus Prairie Gentian courtesy of Concord Florist

Sebaea ovata Yellow Centaury Morwell Park, November 1990

The plants in Gentianaceae are possible foodplants of some Australian Butterflies and Moths, including:

Precis villida

Stenoptilodes taprobanes

Stenoptilia zophodactylus

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Australian butterflies

Plant Classes

Australian moths