Gentianaceae FAMILY
Gentiana carinata
Gentiana carinata
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Gentiana carinata is an annual to biennial plant, branching from the base to produce a small cluster of stems; it grows around 10cm tall[ 372 Title Flowers of India Publication Author Website http://www.flowersofindia.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A wed site of native Indian plants, plus cultivated and naturalized species. It has good quality photos and terse details on more than 3,000 species and cultivars. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. Grown as an ornamental, it is a pretty little plant, potentially the perfect rock garden annual.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeE. Asia - Himalayan regions of Pakistan, northwest India to Nepal
HabitatOpen slopes; at elevations from 3,000 - 4,300 metres[ 372 Title Flowers of India Publication Author Website http://www.flowersofindia.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A wed site of native Indian plants, plus cultivated and naturalized species. It has good quality photos and terse details on more than 3,000 species and cultivars. ].