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Gentiana gracilipes |
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| Common name |
grass-leaved gentian |
| Family |
gentianaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial |
| Flowers |
blue |
| Size |
10" |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
| Cultural notes |
well-drained garden soil |
The plants I grew from seed labeled as Gentiana gracilipes look a lot like Gentiana dahurica, and don't really have grassy leaves - I think the seed wasn't quite true. Still, the plants are nice.
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This plant used to grow in our garden, but it slipped away... About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| James Cheshire | Dec 13, 2005 | Hey Rob, this might actually be Gentiana gracilipes; this image of wild plants looks very similar. |
| JDW | Aug 18, 2006 | Hi. I think this may be Elliott's Gentian / gentiana catebaei. It is classified as a "bog" plant; further described at pitcherplant.com. |
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