| Family | GENTIANACEAE |
| Genus species | Gentiana favratii (Rittener) Favrat sect. Calathianae |
| Bibliography | Bull. Murith. Soc. Valais Sci. Nat. 13-15: 62 (1887) |
| Native Range | Alps, Carpathians, s. Turkey to Iran |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and scree |
| Description | leaves in rosette, broadly ovate to suborbiculate, to 1cm, deep green, entire, rounded, flowers solitary, subsessile, calyx tubular, corolla 15-30mm long |
| Size | 3-10cm |
| Color | blue |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | + |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Calathiana orbicularis (Schur) Holub Gentiana brachyphylla ssp. favratii (Rittener) Tutin Gentiana brachyphylla var. subacaulis Gremli Gentiana orbicularis Schur Gentiana verna var. favratii Rittener Gentiana verna ssp. favratii (Rittener) P.Fourn. Gentiana verna var. hinterhuberi F.W.Schultz |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy, ROM Romania) 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, TUR Turkey) |