Gentiana bicuspidata

Botanical Description

Gentiana bicuspidata is a perennial plant sending up usually 1 - 6, occasionally up to 12, stems, 10 - 40cm long from a well-developed and persistent tap root[ 578 Title Sida, Conributions to Botany. Vol. 7 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Wm. F. Mahler; Dallas, Texas. Year 1977 ISBN 0036-1488 Description Contains a treatment of the species Gentian in Central America. ]. The roots are sometimes gathered from the wild for local medicinal use.