Gentiana burseri var. villarsii
Pall.
Large-leafed gentian
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Description
An erect herb. It grows 40-70 cm high and spreads 60 cm wide. It keeps growing from year to year from a stout rootstock. The leaves are narrowly sword shaped and pale green. They are 20-40 cm long. The flowers are violet-blue. They are in dense clusters in the axils of leaves.
Edible Uses
The leaves are edible.
Medicinal Uses
The roots are used in traditional medicine.
Distribution
It is a temperate plant.
Where It Grows
Asia, Australia, China, Mongolia, Siberia, Tasmania,
Cultivation
Plants are grown from seed. Plants can also be grown by division or from offshoots.
Notes
There are about 400 Gentiana species. The roots are used in medicine.
Synonyms
Also Known As
Qin Jiao
References (3)
- Brown, D., 2002, The Royal Horticultural Society encyclopedia of Herbs and their uses. DK Books. p 222
- Hibbert, M., 2002, The Aussie Plant Finder 2002, Florilegium. p 109
- Plants for a Future database, The Field, Penpol, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0NG, UK. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/
