Gentianella amarella

Autumn Gentian

Gentianella amarella, Autumn Gentian. A small biennial plant found in old quarries and other compacted stony ground. Produces a rosette of leaves in the first year, flowering in the second. Pale purple tubular flowers late July to September.


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Gentianella amarella, Autumn Gentian
Plant in flower
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Gentianella amarella, Autumn Gentian
Top view
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Gentianella amarella, Autumn Gentian
Leaf rosette
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Gentianella amarella, Autumn Gentian
Starting to flower

Photograph detail


Slide 1: Gentianella amarella, Autumn Gentian. Flowering. Cobscar Rake, Redmire Moor. July.


Slide 2: Gentianella amarella, Autumn Gentian. Flowering, view from above. Cobscar Rake, Redmire Moor. July.


Slide 3: Gentianella amarella, Autumn Gentian. Leaf rosette. Cobscar Rake, Redmire Moor. July.


Slide 4: Gentianella amarella, Autumn Gentian. Starting to flower. Cobscar Rake, Redmire Moor. July.