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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Centaurium beyrichii''
| image =
| image_caption =
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Gentianales]]
| familia = [[Gentianaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Centaurium]]''
| species = '''''C. beyrichii'''''
| binomial = ''Centaurium beyrichii''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
}}
'''''Centaurium beyrichii''''', ('''mountain pink''', '''quinine weed''', '''rock centaury''') is an [[annual plant|annual]] that blooms from late spring to early fall. Used as a medicinal plant by pioneers, the flowers were dried and used to reduce fevers.
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[[Category:Gentianaceae]]