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Gentiana uchiyamae

(Gentiana uchiyamae)

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Description

Perennials 30-70 cm tall.Stems glabrous.Lower stem leaves scalelike,1-3 cm;middle to upper leaves lanceolate,5.5-15 × 1-1.5 cm,both ends narrowed,margin slightly revolute and smooth,veins 1-3 and prominent;upper leaves slightly smaller,longer than flower clusters but not surrounding them.Inflorescences of few to many-flowered terminal clusters,also in subapical,axillary clusters on short pedunclelike branches;bracts ovate-lanceolate,2-3 cm × 4-7 mm.Flowers sessile.Calyx tube 1.4-1.6 cm,sometimes split on 1 side;lobes linear to narrowly triangular,(3.5-)8-10 mm,unequal,margin smooth,apex acuminate to obtuse.Corolla blue-purple,tubular-campanulate to funnelform,4-5 cm;lobes ovate,6-7 mm,apex obtuse;plicae oblique,broadly triangular to truncate,1-1.5 mm,margin entire or denticulate.Stamens inserted at middle of corolla tube;filaments 0.9-1.2 cm;anthers narrowly ellipsoid,3.5-4.5 mm.Style 3-4 mm.Capsules 1.7-2 cm;gynophore to 1.3 cm.Seeds 1.8-2.5 mm,broadly winged.Fl.and fr.Aug-Sep.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Gentianales
Family:Gentianaceae
Genus:Gentianales
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