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Gentiana pedicellata, the purple stalked gentian, is a plant that belongs to the genus Gentiana.

Gentiana pedicellata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Gentianaceae
Genus:	Gentiana
Species:	G. pedicellata
Binomial name
Gentiana pedicellata (D.Don) Griseb.

Description

It grows to a height of 8 cm (3.1 in) or lesser and bears small blue flowers at the end of lateral branches, in January-June, in Indian climatic conditions.[1]

Flowers are 6 to 8 mm (0.24 to 0.31 in) long, pale blue, with shallow-triangular petals, and shorter lobules in between them. Leaves are lance-shaped, 5-20 mm long, the basal leaves, when present, are much larger and broader. Purple stalked gentian is found in the Himalayas, from Pakistan to Burma, the Nilgiri Mountains[2] and China at altitudes of 750-3800 m. Its habitats include bogs, meadows, and roadside slopes.[3]

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