Gentiana pontica Soltok.


Family	GENTIANACEAE
Genus species	Gentiana pontica Soltok. sect. Calathianae
Bibliography	Oester.. Bot. Z. 51: 169 (1901)
Native Range	c. Europe, c. & e. Balkan Peninsula to n. Iran
Primary Biome	Subalpine
Habitat	grassland and rocks
Description	basal leaves in rosette, ovate to elliptic, to 2cm, stem leaves smaller and narrower, entire, flowers solitary, calyx winged, corolla 4-5cm, in throat white
Size	7-10cm
Color	blue
Bloom	spring
Ca
Type	perennial
Cultivation	humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer
Propagation	seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer
Synonyms	Calathiana angulosa (M.Bieb.) Holub Calathiana pontica (Soltok.) Holub Calathiana verna ssp. aestiva (F.W.Schmidt) Dostál Calathiana verna ssp. pontica (Soltok.) Á.Löve & D.Löve Ericoila aestiva (F.W.Schmidt) Bercht. & J.Presl Ericoila angulosa (M.Bieb.) Bercht. & J.Presl Ericoila jirasekii (F.W.Schmidt) Borkh. Gentiana aestiva (F.W.Schmidt) Schult. Gentiana angulosa M.Bieb. Gentiana angulosa var. pontica (Soltok.) Gagnidze Gentiana bavarica Pall. Gentiana bavarica ssp, elongata (Haenke) Nyman Gentiana discolor Hoffmanns. ex Rchb. Gentiana elongata Haenke Gentiana jirasekii F.W.Schmidt Gentiana verna ssp. aestiva (F.W.Schmidt) Arcang. Gentiana verna var. aestiva (F.W.Schmidt) Jovan.-Dunj. Gentiana verna ssp. angulosa (M.Bieb.) V.E.Avet. Gentiana verna ssp. balcanica N.M.Pritch. Gentiana verna var. elongata (Haenke) Rouy Gentiana verna ssp. elongata (Haenke) Schübl & G.Martens Gentiana verna var. obtusifolia Boiss. Gentiana verna ssp. pontica (Soltok) Hayek Hippion aestivum F.W.Schmidt Hippion sexfidum F.W.Schmidt
Territory	1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (GER Germany, POL Poland) 13 Southeastern Europe (BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey)