Gentiana officinalis Harry Sm.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Gentianaceae > Gentiana

Characteristics

Perennials 15-35 cm tall. Roots to 25 × 1.5 cm. Stems ascending, simple, glabrous. Basal leaves petiole 3.5-5 cm, membranous; leaf blade lanceolate to broadly lanceolate, 7-25 × 1.5-4 cm, base narrowed, margin scabrous, apex acuminate, veins 3-7. Stem leaves 3-5 pairs; petiole to 2 cm, membranous; leaf blade lanceolate, 3-6 × 0.5-2.2 cm, base obtuse, margin scabrous, apex acuminate, veins 1-3. Inflorescences crowded into terminal clusters, many flowered, rarely also in few-flowered axillary whorls. Flowers sessile. Calyx tube 4.5-7 mm, membranous, usually split on 1 side; lobes 5, triangular, 0.5-1 mm. Corolla pale yellow, tubular, (1.5-)1.8-2(-2.5) cm; lobes ovate, 3-3.5 mm, margin entire, apex obtuse; plicae triangular, 1-1.5 mm, oblique, margin entire, apex acute. Stamens inserted at basal part of corolla tube; filaments 5-8 mm; anthers narrowly ellipsoid, 2-2.5 mm. Style 2-2.5 mm; stigma lobes oblong. Capsules sessile, narrowly ellipsoid, 1.3-1.5 cm. Seeds light brown, ellipsoid, 1.4-1.6 mm. Fl. and fr. Aug-Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.35
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 14 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity dark
Germination treatment stratification
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Gentiana officinalis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:368591-1
WFO ID wfo-0000698130
COL ID 3FMJD
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Gentiana officinalis Gentiana gannanensis Gentiana macrophylla var. albolutea