Common name:
Autumn gentian
Family:
Scientific name:
Gentianella amarella
Main flower color:
Range:
Across most of the UK, though only locally common
Height:
Up to 30 cm
Habitat:
Grassland, especially on calcareous soils
Flowers:
The corolla is tubular, purplish, up to 20 mm long, with four or five triangular lobes, and a ring of short white hairs around the top of the throat. The calyx, more than half the height of the corolla tube, is divided to about half its length into five equally sized lobes, Stems are hairless, and square in cross-section
Leaves:
Narrowly lanceolate, up to 2 cm long; at the base (visible only in the first, non-flowering year) and between five and 14 opposite pairs along the stem
Season:
July to October
Rarity:
★★★★★
