Appearance
''Gentiana cruciata'' is a hemicryptophyte scapose plant of small size, reaching on average 20–40 centimetres in height. It has erect stems, the leaves are large, ovate-lanceolate, semiamplexicaul, about 3–8 centimetres long. The flowers are violet-blue trumpets with 4 petals, clustered in the axils of upper leaves. The flowering period extends from June to August. The flowers are hermaphrodite and pollinated by insects . The fruit is a capsule. The seeds are dispersed by gravity alone .
Distribution
''Gentiana cruciata'' is widespread in most of Europe and in Western Asia.Habitat
This plant prefers dry calcareous soil in forest edges, bushy slopes, pastures, grasslands and dry meadows, at an altitude of 200–1,600 metres above sea level.References:
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