Gentianaceae FAMILY

Gentiana verna

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Gentiana verna is a stemless, herbaceous perennial plant with a stoloniferous rootstock; a tufted plant sometimes forming small low hummocks or mats, it can grow up to 10cm tall[ 2137 Title Inventario Español de los Conocimientos Tradicionales Relaticos a la Biodiversidad, Fase II (3) Publication Author Santayana M.P. de, et al (Editors) Publisher Ministerio de Agricultura y Pesca, Alimentación y Medio Ambient; Year 2018 ISBN 978-84-491-1472-4 Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. It is often grown as an ornamental, valued especially for the intense blue of its flowers - there are several named forms[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. ]..

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeMountainous regions of western, southern and eastern Europe, through Turkey, the Caucusus, Iran and Iraq

HabitatMountain pastures, dry and moist meadows, heaths, dry banks, mountain ledges or forest clearings, generally on limestone; at elevations from 600 - 2,900 metres[ 239 Title Gentians. Publication Author Köhlein. F. Publisher Christopher Helm. London. Year 1991 ISBN 0-88192-192-0 Description A nice readable book, giving details of habitats and cultural needs for many of the members of this genus, with brief notes on other genera in the family. , 2137 Title Inventario Español de los Conocimientos Tradicionales Relaticos a la Biodiversidad, Fase II (3) Publication Author Santayana M.P. de, et al (Editors) Publisher Ministerio de Agricultura y Pesca, Alimentación y Medio Ambient; Year 2018 ISBN 978-84-491-1472-4 Description ]