| Family | GENTIANACEAE |
| Genus species | Gentiana elwesii C.B.Clarke sect. Isomeria |
| Bibliography | Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 4: 115 (1883) |
| Native Range | s. & se. Tibet to e. & c. Himalaya and n. Myanmar |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 4000-4400m |
| Description | stems purple, leaves petiolate, oblong to elliptic, 1-2cm, obtuse, flowers 3-8 in cluster, sessile, corolla urceolate, 20-26mm, lobes ovate, obtuse |
| Size | 8-20cm |
| Color | blue, bluish purple |
| Bloom | late summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| 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 spring |
| Synonyms | Gentiana longepetiolata Kusn. Gentianodes elwesii (C.B.Clarke) Á.Löve & D.Löve Gentianodes longepetilolata (Kusn.) Á.Löve & D.Löve |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |