Gentianaceae FAMILY

Gentiana prostrata

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Gentiana prostrata is an annual plant with prostrate to ascending, slender stems that can be unbranched or branched from the base; it grows around 3- 7cm 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. , 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 medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEurasia - eastern Alps; northeast Europe and Turkey, east to Russian Far East and the Himalayas; western N. America - Alaska and Yukon to California

HabitatSlopes, roadsides, valleys, alpine meadows, moist grassland bogs; at elevations from 2,000 - 4,700 metres in the Himalayas[ 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. ]. Found in damp, stony, short grass, on igneous rock and limestone; at elevations from 2,200 - 2,800 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. ].