Gentiana burseri

Botanical Description

Gentiana burseri is a robust herbaceous perennial plant growing from a rhizomatous rootstock; It has erect, unbranched stems that can grow up to 100cm tall[ 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. , 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 occasionally grown as an ornamental.