| Family | GENTIANACEAE |
| Genus species | Gentiana grandiflora Laxm. sect. Chondrophyllae |
| Bibliography | Novi Comment. Acad. Sci. Imp. Petrop. 18: 526 (1774) |
| Native Range | s. Siberia to nw. Mongolia |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | stems densely leafy, leaves oblong to linear, the upper imbricate, 20-25mm long, flowers solitary, infundibuliform, long, lobes orbiculate |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | dark blue |
| Bloom | early summer |
| Ca | - |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Ciminalis grandiflora (Laxm.) Zuev Diploma altaica (Pall.) Raf. Ericala altaica (Pall.) G.Don Ericoila altaica (Pall.) Borkh. Gentiana altaica Pall. Gentiana longiflora Lam. Hippion altaicum (Pall.) F.W.Schmidt Varasia grandiflora (Laxm.) Soják Xolemia longiflora (Lam.) Raf. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 37 Mongolia |