Gentiana albicalyx
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| Gentiana albicalyx | |
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| Gentiana albicalyx in flower | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Gentianaceae |
| Genus: | Gentiana |
| Species: | G. albicalyx |
| Binomial name | |
| Gentiana albicalyx | |
Gentiana albicalyx is a species of flowering plant in the family Gentianaceae. It is native to the Himalaya and adjacent regions of Asia, including China (southern Tibet), Nepal, and parts of the eastern and western Himalaya.[1][2]
It is an annual herb that grows in high-elevation alpine environments.[1]
Gentiana albicalyx is a small annual herb, typically 1.5–4 cm tall, with erect stems that are simple in the lower portion and more highly branched above.[3]
Leaves are densely crowded and overlapping, with obovate to flabellate blades measuring approximately 3–5 × 3.5–6 mm. The margins are membranous and smooth, and the apex is rounded to truncate with a small recurved tip.[3]
The inflorescence forms a compact, capitate cluster at the stem apex, with numerous subsessile flowers. The calyx is obconic, 4–4.5 mm long, with membranous margins and rounded lobes.[3]
The corolla is blue with a pale yellow base, broadly tubular, about 7–8 mm long, with ovate lobes and small semiorbicular folds (plicae) between them.[3]
The fruit is an ovoid capsule approximately 2 mm long. Flowering and fruiting occur in June.[3]