Gentianella amarella
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Gentianaceae |
| Genus: | Gentianella |
| Species: | G. amarella
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Gentianella amarella, the autumn gentian, autumn dwarf gentian,[1] or autumn felwort,[2] is a short biennial plant flowering plant in the gentian family, Gentianaceae. It is found throughout Northern Europe, the western and northern United States, and Canada.[1][3][4]
Description
Gentianella amarella gentian is a biennial herbaceous plant, which only produces a low leaf rosette with elliptical to lanceolate leaves in its first year. In the second year it usually grows a stem from 5 to 30 (3 to 50) centimeters long. The stem is straight or branched just above the base; at flowering time it is without leaves (distinction to similar species) The flowers are purplish bells between 12 and 22 mm long. It flowers between July and September. The fruit nodes and the capsule fruit are sedentary or rarely short-stalked.
Its habitat is in grass, often on lime-rich soil (in England typically on chalk).[3]
References
- ^ a b USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Gentianella amarella". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ "Lardon Chase" (PDF). Natural England. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
- ^ a b Fitter, Richard; Fitter, Alastair; Blamey, Marjorie (1974). The Wild Flowers of Britain and Northern Europe. Collins. p. 182.
- ^ "Gentianella amarella (Linnaeus) Börner". data.canadensys.net. Database of Vascular Plants of Canada (VASCAN). Retrieved 16 August 2020.
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