| Family | GENTIANACEAE |
| Genus species | Gentiana rigescens Franch. ex Hemsl. sect. Monopodiae |
| Bibliography | J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 26: 134 (1890) |
| Native Range | sc. China to Indo-China |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and thickets |
| Altitude | 1100-3000m |
| Description | basal leaves scaly-like, stem leaves larger, oblong-ovate, to 5cm long, flowers narrowly infundibuliform, to 3cm long in terminal head, corolla in throat blue variegate |
| Size | 20-50cm |
| Color | violet |
| Bloom | late summer, autumn |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| 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 spring |
| Synonyms | Dasystephana rigescens (Franch. ex Hemsl.) Soják Gentiana crassa ssp. rigescens (Franch. ex Hemsl.) Halda Gentiana esquirolii H.Lév. Gentiana rigescens var. stictantha C.Marquand Gentianodes rigescens (Franch. ex Hemsl.) Á.Löve & D.Löve |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) 4 Asia-Tropical 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar, VIE Vietnam) |