| Family | GENTIANACEAE |
| Genus species | Gentiana pneumonanthe L. sect. Pneumonanthe |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 228 (1753) |
| Native Range | Europe to c. Siberia and Caucasus |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 100-1500m |
| Description | leaves narrowly oblong or lanceolate, uninerved, sessile, flower outside green striped, narrowly infundibuliform, 25-50mm long, solitary or of few |
| Size | 15-40cm |
| Color | pale blue |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | - |
| Type | perennial |
| 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 spring |
| Synonyms | Ciminalis pneumonanthe (L.) Borkh. Ciminalis pseudopneumonanthe Bercht. & J.Presl Ciminalis vulgaris Bercht. & J.Presl Dasystephana pneumonanthe (L.) Soják Gentiana adrianii Sennen & Elias Gentiana eonae Halda Gentiana linearifolia Lam. Gentiana linifolia Salisb. Gentiana macrocarpophora St.Lag. Gentiana manginii Sennen Gentiana nopcsae Jáv. Gentiana palustris St.-Lag. Gentiana pneumonanthe var. aloyana Merino Gentiana pneumonanthe var. boryana Webb Gentiana pneumonanthe ssp. depressa (Boiss.) Rivas Mart. Gentiana pneumonanthe var. depressa Boiss. Gentiana pneumonanthe f. diffusa (Griseb.) Bolzon Gentiana pneumonanthe var. diffusa Griseb. Gentiana pneumonanthe var. elliptica Klett & Richt. Gentiana pneumonanthe var. humilior Roth Gentiana pneumonanthe var. latifolia Lecoq & Lamotte Gentiana pneumonanthe var. minor Brot. Gentiana pneumonanthe ssp. nopcsae (Jáv.) Wraber Gentiana pneumonanthe var. nutans Klett & Richt. Gentiana pneumonanthe var. queipoi Merino Gentiana pneumonanthe var. reyesii Pau Gentiana pneumonanthoides Wender. Gentiana reyesii Sennen & Elias Gentianusa pneumonanthe (L.) Pohl Pneumonanthe angustifolia Gilib. Pneumonanthe minor Raf. Pneumonanthe vulgaris F.W.Schmidt Lexipyrethrum pneumonanthe (L.) Dulac Tretorhiza pneumonanthe (L.) Á.Löve & D.Löve |
| Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (DEN Denmark, GRB Great Britain, NOR Norway, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, BGM Belgium, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, NET Netherlands, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, POR Portugal, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (BLR Belarus, BLT Baltic States, RUC Central European Russia, RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia, RUS South European Russia, RUW Northwest European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, KRA Krasnoyarsk, WSB West Siberia) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) |