''Zeltnera beyrichii'', commonly known as mountain pink, quinine weed or rock centaury, is an
annual plant
An annual plant is a plant that completes its life cycle, from germination to the production of seeds, within one growing season, and then dies. The length of growing seasons and period in which they take place vary according to geographical ...
in the New World that blooms from late spring to early fall. Used as a medicinal plant by pioneers, the flowers were dried and used to reduce fevers.
Until 2004 it was known as ''Centaurium beyrichii''.
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