Gentiana cruciata L.

Species

Family: GENTIANACEAE

Genus: Gentiana

Sinònims: Gentiana Gentiana L. subsp. cruciata

Catalan common name: Cruciada.

Spanish common name: Genciana común.

Province distribution: Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Paleotemperate

Plants protected by law: País Valencià Catalogue.

IUCN Category: NENot evaluated

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Mesophyll mountainous grasslands. Perennial grasslands on limestone in rainy, cool mountain areas, in forest clearings

Characteristics: Perennial herb 10-40 cm tall, with ascending stems. Leaves are lanceolate to ovate, relatively broad (15-30 mm), with 3-5 veins, opposite, and with their bases fused to form a small sheath running along the stem (5–30 mm). Flowers arranged in dense clusters at the upper nodes. Bell-shaped corolla, bluish with a white tube, with 4 (5) rounded lobes and a toothed apex