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Willow gentian

Gentiana asclepiadea L.

alternative placement of the species: Gentiana schistocalyx K.Koch — under this name the Caucasian plants are treated as a separate species; GBIF places them in Gentiana asclepiadea

Genus Gentiana. Family Gentianaceae.

Willow gentian — Photographs 1
Willow gentian. Top of a flowering plant. 28.08.2013.
Photo: Ivan Klumov.

Description

A perennial herb 30 to 50 cm tall, endemic to the Caucasus. It grows in broad-leaved forests and along their edges in the lower and middle mountain belts. Its distinctive feature is the zygomorphic calyx, often split to half its length on one side.
Translated from the Russian source molbiol.

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Photographs

Willow gentian — Photographs 2
Willow gentian. Abkhazia, Lake Ritsa area, Chkha Pass, alpine meadow. 28.08.2013.
Photo: Ivan Klumov.
Willow gentian — Photographs 3
Willow gentian. Abkhazia, Lake Ritsa area, Chkha Pass, alpine meadow. 28.08.2013.
Photo: Ivan Klumov.
Willow gentian — Photographs 4
Willow gentian. Abkhazia, Lake Ritsa area, Chkha Pass, alpine meadow. 28.08.2013.
Photo: Ivan Klumov.
Willow gentian — Photographs 5
Willow gentian. Abkhazia, Lake Ritsa area, Chkha Pass, alpine meadow. 28.08.2013.
Photo: Ivan Klumov.
Willow gentian — Photographs 6
Willow gentian. Botanical illustration.
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