| Family | GENTIANACEAE |
| Genus species | Gentianella montana (G.Forst.) Holub |
| Bibliography | Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 2: 117 (1967) |
| Native Range | New Zealand |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Description | leaves in dense rosette, broadly obovate-spathulate, coriaceous, rounded, broadly petiolate, stem leaves 2-6-pairs, oblong, flowers ca. 10 in umbellate inflorescence |
| Size | 30-50cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | 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 | Chionogentias montana (G.Forst.) L.G.Adams Chionogentias tereticaulis (Petrie) L.G.Adams Ciminalis saxosa Bercht. & J.Presl Gentiana bellidifolia var. pulchella Kirk Gentiana montana G.Forst Gentiana montana var. elongata Griseb. Gentiana montana var. flaccida Griseb. Gentiana tereticaulis Petrie Gentianella tereticaulis (Petrie) T.N.Ho & S.W.Liu Oreophylax montanus (G.Forst.) Á.Löve Pneumonathe montana (G.Forst.) F.W.Schmidt |
| Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |