Gentiana zollingeri Fawc.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Gentianaceae > Gentiana

Characteristics

Annuals 3-6 cm tall. Stems purple, erect, branched from base or rarely simple, glabrous. Leaves usually widely spaced; petiole tube 1-2 mm; leaf blade broadly ovate to suborbicular, 1-1.3 cm × 3-8 mm, margin cartilaginous, smooth or ciliolate, apex rounded and mucronate, veins 1-3. Leaves sometimes narrowed toward stem apex; leaf blade lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 7-9 × 1.5-2 mm, margin narrowly membranous and ciliolate, apex acuminate and apiculate, midvein distinct. Flowers (1 or) few to many. Pedicel purple, 1-1.5 mm, glabrous. Calyx narrowly obconic, 7-9 mm; lobes narrowly triangular to ovate-elliptic, 3.5-4.5 mm, equal, as long as tube, margin narrowly membranous and smooth, apex acute, midvein prominent. Corolla pale blue, with pale yellow base, funnelform, 1.4-1.7 cm; lobes ovate, 2.5-3 mm, margin entire, apex obtuse; plicae broadly oblong to ovate, 1-1.5 mm, margin slightly 2cleft to denticulate, apex obtuse. Stamens inserted at middle of corolla tube, equal; filaments 4-5 mm; anthers ellipsoid, 1.5-2 mm. Style 1.5-2 mm; stigma lobes oblong. Capsules narrowly obovoid, 6-7 mm; gynophore to 1 cm, stout. Seeds brown, ellipsoid, 0.3-0.5 mm. Fl. and fr. Apr-Jun.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.2
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Fruiting months
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AprMayJun
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Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

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

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

Gentiana zollingeri unspecified picture
Gentiana zollingeri unspecified picture

Distribution

Gentiana zollingeri world distribution map, present in China, Japan, and Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:369142-1
WFO ID wfo-0000699005
COL ID 3FN3G
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Varasia zollingeri Gentiana zollingeri Gentiana aomorensis Gentiana thunbergii Gentiana zollingeri f. yaichiana Ciminalis zollingeri

Lower taxons

Gentiana zollingeri subsp. tentyoensis