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General Subjects => Alpines => Topic started by: Catwheazle on May 12, 2015, 05:04:33 PM

Title: Gentiana ID please help
Post by: Catwheazle on May 12, 2015, 05:04:33 PM: this Enzian I bought many years ago on a vegetable market. It grows in the harsh climate Allgäüer quite good, on calcareous soil and sows also made.
Our native gentians grow so individually. This one makes upholstery.
Title: Re: Gentiana ID please help
Post by: Catwheazle on May 12, 2015, 05:19:54 PM: angustifolia ???
The flowers are similar to our native acaulis in size, shape and color to be confused.
Title: Re: Gentiana ID please help
Post by: Maggi Young on May 12, 2015, 06:34:31 PM: Hard to say for me, Bernd - but I'd suggest G. angustifolia because of the stems. :-\
Title: Re: Gentiana ID please help
Post by: Catwheazle on May 12, 2015, 06:40:51 PM: thx ;D i checked a key. angustifolia seems correct.
Title: Re: Gentiana ID please help
Post by: Maggi Young on May 12, 2015, 06:46:14 PM: Enzian flowers so very beautiful - no matter the kind. :D
Title: Re: Gentiana ID please help
Post by: Lesley Cox on May 12, 2015, 11:06:41 PM: Quote from: Maggi Young on May 12, 2015, 06:34:31 PM
Hard to say for me, Bernd - but I'd suggest G. angustifolia because of the stems. :-\
and the narrower leaves. I've not seen this one though we do have white and palest blue forms here. It looks a beauty, less chunky than acaulis.
Title: Re: Gentiana ID please help
Post by: Catwheazle on May 13, 2015, 05:07:03 AM: you are right. i can compare, because acaulis (sorry.... clusii) is growing and flowering here in the wild.