Polygonaceae
Red triangles
Centrostegia thurberi
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Genus
- Centrostegia
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Red triangles
- Portuguese
- Centrostegia
Synonyms
- Centrostegia cryptantha (Curran) Goodd.
- Centrostegia thurberi var. macrotheca (J.T.Howell) Goodman
- Chorizanthe thurberi S.Watson
- Chorizanthe thurberi var. cryptantha Curran
- Chorizanthe thurberi var. macrotheca J.T.Howell
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 16 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Neal Kelso, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Casey H. Richart, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Adam J. Searcy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Steve Matson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Steve Matson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.