| Family | GENTIANACEAE |
| Genus species | Gentiana asclepiadea L. sect. Pneumonanthe |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 277 (1753) |
| Native Range | Europe to nw. Iran |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and woods |
| Altitude | 100-2200m |
| Description | stems densely leafy, leaves sessile, long lanceolate, acuminate, 5-veined, margins scabrous, flowers sessile in axils of upper leaves or terminal, corolla long clavate |
| Size | 40-60cm |
| Color | dark blue |
| Bloom | late summer, autumn |
| Ca | ind |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | cold, semi-shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C division in spring; cuttings in late spring |
| Synonyms | Coilantha asclepiadea (L.) G.Don Dasistephana asclepiadea (L.) Raf. Dasystephana asclepiadea (L.) Borkh. Dasystephana schistocalyx (K.Koch) Soják Gentiana asclepiadea f. albiflora Murray ex Hegi Gentiana asclepiadea f. cruciata Wartm. & Schlatter Gentiana asclepiadea f. pectinata Wartm. & Schlatter Gentiana asclepiadea var. plicata (F..W.Schmidt) Roth Gentiana asclepiadea ssp. schistocalyx (K.Koch) Zakharova Gentiana asclepiadea f. schistocalyx (K.Koch) Bolzon Gentiana asclepiadea var. schistocalyx (K.Koch) Grossh. Gentiana ramiflora E.Szabó Gentiana schistocalyx K.Koch Gentianusa asclepiadea (L.) Pohl Pneumonanthe asclepiadea (L.) F.W.Schmidt Pneumonanthe plicata F.W.Schmidt |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (COR Corse, FRA France) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, TUE Turkey-in-Europe, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, TUR Turkey) |