Gentiana algida Pall.

Whitish gentian (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Gentianaceae > Gentiana

Characteristics

Perennials 8-20 cm tall. Rhizomes short. Stems 1 or 2, erect, simple, subglabrous. Basal leaves in 1-3 erect rosettes; petiole 1-3.5 cm; leaf blade usually folded, linear-elliptic to lanceolate, 2-5.5 cm × 3-5 mm, base narrowed, apex obtuse, veins 1-3. Stem leaves 1-3 pairs; petiole 5-10 mm; leaf blade narrowly elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, 1.8-2.8 cm × 4-8 mm, both ends obtuse, veins 1-3. Flowers solitary, rarely in terminal 2 or 3(-8)-flowered cymes, mostly sessile or subsessile, only basal axillary flowers occasionally pedicellate. Calyx obconic to campanulate, 2-2.2 cm, tube entire or slightly split on 1 side; lobes erect, ovate to triangular, 5-6 mm, apex obtuse. Corolla pale yellow to pale yellow-green, with blue stripes, sometimes with blue spots in limbs, tubular-campanulate to funnelform, 4-5 cm; lobes ovate to triangular, 5-6 mm, apex obtuse; plicae obliquely truncate, margin entire or indistinctly denticulate. Stamens inserted at middle of corolla tube; filaments 1.3-1.6 mm; anthers narrowly ellipsoid, 2.5-3.2 mm. Style 4-6 mm; stigma lobes linear. Capsules ovoid-ellipsoid, 2-3 cm; gynophore to 4.5 cm. Seeds light brown, broadly ellipsoid to subglobose, 1.4-1.6 mm. Fl. and fr. Jul-Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
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Mature height (meter) 0.06 - 0.13
Root system rhizome
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Environment

Light -
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Soil texture 7-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 14 - 180
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Germination luminosity dark
Germination treatment stratification
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Images

Flower

Gentiana algida flower picture by Liza R (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Gentiana algida world distribution map, present in Bhutan, Canada, China, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Mongolia, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Russian Federation, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:367731-1
WFO ID wfo-0000696823
COL ID 3FLQ4
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Pneumonanthe algida Gentiana romanzovii Dasystephana romanzovii Gentiana algida Gentianodes algida Gentiana igarashii Gentiana romanzovii f. hexaloba Gentiana algida var. romanzovii Gentiana algida var. sibirica Gentiana frigida var. algida Gentiana frigida var. algida Gentiana algida var. sibirica

Lower taxons

Gentiana algida var. purdomii