| Family | GENTIANACEAE |
| Genus species | Gentiana asclepiadea L. sect. Pneumonanthe |
| Synonyms | Gentiana ramiflora E.Szabó |
| Habitat | grassland and woods |
| Altitude | 100-2200m |
| Description | stems densely leafy, leaves sessile, long lanceolate, acuminate, 5-veined, margins scabrous, flowers sessile in axils of upper leaves or terminal, corolla long clavate |
| Size | 40-60cm |
| Color | dark blue |
| Bloom | late summer, autumn |
| Ca | ind |
| Type | tuft, fl. stem ascending |
| Cultivation | cold, semi-shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C division in spring; cuttings in late spring |
| Territory |
Europe
Middle Europe (Austria , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Hungary , Poland , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (Corse , France ) Southeastern Europe (Albania , Bulgaria , Greece , Italy , Romania , Turkey-in-Europe , Yugoslavia ) Eastern Europe (Ukraine ) Asia-Temperate Caucasus (North Caucasus , Transcaucasus ) Western Asia (Iran , Turkey) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | GENTIANACEAE
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