| Family | GENTIANACEAE |
| Genus species | Gentiana cruciata L. sect. Cruciata |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 231 (1753) |
| Native Range | Europe to w. Siberia and nw. & n. Iran |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 100-2000m |
| Description | densely leafy, leaves cruciate, oval-lanceolate, shiny green, flowers outside greenish, 20-25mm long, erect, with 4 lobes, in compact, axillary fascicles |
| Size | 15-40cm |
| Color | blue |
| Bloom | late summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Cruciata verticillata Gilib. Dasystephana cruciata (L.) Zuev Ericalia cruciata (L.) G.Don Ericoila cruciata (L) Borkh. Gentiana depressa Schur Gentiana fibriscincta Schur Gentiana lasiopoda Schur Gentianella cruciata (L.) Moench Gentianusa cruciata (L.) Pohl Hippion cruciatum (L..) F.W.Schmidt Pneumonanthe cruciata (L.) Zuev Tretorhiza phlogifolia (Schott & Kotschy) Soják |
| Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, BGM Belgium, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, NET Netherlands, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (BLR Belarus, BLT Baltic States, KRY Krym, RUC Central European Russia, RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia, RUS South European Russia, RUW Northwest European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (WSB West Siberia) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, TUR Turkey) |