| Family | GENTIANACEAE |
| Genus species | Gentiana verna L. sect. Calathianae |
| Synonyms | Gentiana acutiflora Schult. |
| Gentiana arctica Grossh. | |
| Gentiana magellensis (Ronniger) Tammaro | |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 1700-3000m |
| Description | lower leaves sessile, short, oblong-lanceolate, acute, stem leaves 2-4, much smaller, calyx angular, lobes lanceolate, acute, corolla lobes ovate, obtuse, tube cylindrical |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | blue, yellow |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | rosette, carpet |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory |
Europe
Northern Europe (Great Britain , Ireland ) Middle Europe (Austria , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Poland , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (France , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Albania , Bulgaria , Italy , Romania , Yugoslavia ) Eastern Europe (East European Russia , North European Russia , Ukraine ) Asia-Temperate Caucasus (North Caucasus , Transcaucasus) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
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| Comments | GENTIANACEAE
verna oschtenica Kusn., Prodr. Eugent. 327 (1894)
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