| Family | GENTIANACEAE |
| Genus species | Gentiana punctata L. sect. Lutea |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 227 (1753) |
| Native Range | Mountains of c. Europe to n. Greece |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and thickets |
| Altitude | 500-3050m |
| Description | leaves elliptic or lanceolate, grey-green, lower leaves petiolate, flowers brown-purple variegate, campanulate, erect, 15-35mm long, crowded in axils of upper leaves |
| Size | 40-50cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | late summer |
| Ca | - |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Coilantha campanulata (Jacq.) G.Don Coilantha punctata (L.) G.Don Dasystephana punctata (L.) Borkh. Gentiana campanulata Jacq. Gentiana immaculata Pers. Gentiana purpurea Vill. Gentianusa punctata (L.) Pohl Lexipyretum punctatum (L.) Dulac Pneumonanthe campanulata (Jacq.) F.W.Schmidt Pneumonanthe campestris F.W.Schmidt ex Steud. Pneumonanthe punctata (L.) F.W.Schmidt |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (UKR Ukraine) |