Gentiana asclepiadea, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 60-61

6. G. asclepiadea L. , Sp. Pl. 227 (1753) .

Perennial 15-60 (-100) cm. Stems simple, slender, erect. Leaves lanceolate to ovate, acuminate, sessile, with 3-5 strong, longitudinal veins. Flowers 1-3 in the leaf-axils, secund, sessile or subsessile. Calyx-teeth subulate, much shorter than the tube. Corolla

35-50 mm, blue (rarely white), usually with reddish-purple spots within; appendage in the sinus small, obtuse. Anthers connate. Seeds winged. 2/2= 36. Damp or shady places. • C. Europe, mainly in the mountains, extending locally southwards to C. Italy and C. Greece, and eastwards to N. W. Ukraine. Al Au Bu Co Cz Ga Ge Gr He Hu It Ju Po Rm Rs (W) Tu.