| Family | GENTIANACEAE |
| Genus species | Gentiana jamesii Hemsl. sect. Chondrophyllae |
| Bibliography | J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 26: 128 (1890) |
| Native Range | s. Russian Far East to Korea, Sakhalin to n. Japan |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 1100-2400m |
| Description | stems red-purple, leaves broadly lanceolate, thick, 7-15mm long, margins whitish, flowers to 3cm long, narrowly infundibuliform, usually in small cluster, lobes oblong |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | blue, bluish purple |
| Bloom | late summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Ciminalis jamesii (Hemsl.) Zuev Gentiana jamesii f. albiflora (Nakai) Toyok. Gentiana jamesii var. albiflora Nakai Gentiana jamesii var. kawakamii (Makino) Nakai Gentiana kawakamii (Makino) Makino Gentiana kurilensis Grossh. Gentiana nipponica var. kawakamii Makino Gentianodes jamesii (Hemsl.) Á.Löve & D.Löve Varasia jamesii (Hemsl.) Soják |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (KHA Khabarovsk, KUR Kuril Is., PRM Primorye, SAK Sakhalin) 36 China (CHM Manchuria) 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan, KOR Korea) |