Gentiana lutea L.


Family	GENTIANACEAE
Genus species	Gentiana lutea L. sect. Lutea
Synonyms	Gentiana major Bubani
Habitat	grassland
Altitude	subalpine-alpine
Description	stems thick, simple, leaves large, ovate, 5-7-nerved, the lower petiolate, upper leaves amplexicaule, flowers pedicellate, fasciculate, pseudoverticillate
Size	15-100cm
Color	yellow
Bloom	summer
Ca
Type	tuft
Cultivation	mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun
Propagation	seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer
Territory	Europe Middle Europe (Austria , Germany , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (Corse , France , Portugal , Sardegna , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Greece , Italy , Romania , Yugoslavia ) Eastern Europe (Ukraine ) Asia-Temperate Western Asia (Turkey)
Bibliography	Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org

Comments	GENTIANACEAE Gentiana lutea L., Sp. Pl. 1: 227 (1753) Synonyms: Asterias lutea (L.) Borkh. Gentiana symphyandra Murb. Gentianusa lutea (L.) Pohl Lexipyretum luteum (L.) Dulac Swertia lutea (L.) Vest ex Rchb. subalpine-alpine ============================================================================= lutea typica ined Synonyms: Asterias hybrida G.Don Coilantha biloba Bercht. & J.Presl Gentiana major Bubani Europe, w. Turkey 11 AUT GER SWI 12 COR FRA POR SAR SPA 13 GRC ITA ROM YUG 14 UKR 34 TUR lutea aurantiaca M.Laínz, Mis. Contrib. Fl. Asturias 61 (1982) Synonyms: Gentiana aurantiaca (M.Laínz) Silva Pando & al. nw. Spain 12 SPA lutea montserratii (Vivant) O.Bolós & Vigo, Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 11: 48 (1979) Basionym: Gentiana montserratii Vivant, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 122(7-8): 333 (1975) n. Spain 12 SPA lutea vardjanii Wraber, Proteus (Ljubljana) 48: 345 (1986) Synonyms: Gentiana vardjanii (Wraber) Landolt Slovenia 14 YUG