| Family | GENTIANACEAE |
| Genus species | Gentiana macrophylla Pall. sect. Cruciata |
| Bibliography | Fl. Ross. 1: 108 (1789) |
| Native Range | Siberia to c. China |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 400-3700m |
| Description | basal leaves elliptic, 6-28cm, scabrous, acuminate, stem leaves 3-5 pairs, elliptic, flowers in dense, terminal cluster, corolla with pale yellow base, urceolate, 3-5mm |
| Size | 30-60cm |
| Color | bluish purple |
| 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 cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Dasystephana macrophylla (Pall.) Zuev Ericoila macrophylla (Pall.) Bercht. & C. Presl Gentiana jakutensis Bunge ex Griseb. Gentiana macrophylla var. minor Ledeb. Gentiana quinquenervia Turrill Hippion macrophyllum F.W.Schmidt Pneumonanthe macrophylla (Pall.) Zuev Tretorhiza macrophyla (Pall.) Soják |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KHA Khabarovsk, PRM Primorye) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHI Inner Mongolia, CHN China North-Central) 37 Mongolia |