Gentiana cephalantha

Botanical Description

Gentiana cephalantha is a herbaceous perennial plant forming a small clump of growth with a somewhat woody base, a basal rosette of leaves and unbranched flowering stems around 20 - 50cm tall[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a fermenting agent. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental.