Common Centaury (Centaurium erythraea)
| Plants with red or pink flowers | |
|---|---|
| Beach Rose | Greater Sea Spurrey |
| Red Valerian | Common Storksbill |
| Sand Spurrey | Hares Foot Clover |
| Sea Bindweed | Sea Pink |
| Hounds Tongue | Common Centaury |
| Spear-leaved Orache | Tree Mallow |
| Plants with blue or purple flowers | |
|---|---|
| Common Sea Lavender | Rock Sea Lavender |
| Vernal Squill | Sea Holly |
| Sheep's Bit | Dune Pansy |
| Plants with green or brown flowers | |
|---|---|
| Sea Beet | Sea Spurge |
| Alexanders | Sea Plantain |
| Grasses | |
|---|---|
| Marram Grass | Lyme Grass |
| Cord Grass | Sea Couch Grass |
| Trees & Shrubs | |
|---|---|
| Sea Buckthorn | Creeping Willow |
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The flowers of the Centaury are a common sight on sand dunes and saltmarsh in summer. It grows to about a foot in height, with 5-petalled bright pink flowers.