Dotted Gentian
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Common Name: Dotted Gentian
Family: Gentian - Gentianaceae
Genus: Gentiana
Species: punctata
Date Taken: 10/07/2014
Altitude: 2415m
Area: Engadine
Walking Notes: Muottas Muragl - Fuorcla Val Champagna - Lej Muragl - Margun - Alp Languard
Location: Taken by the banks of the Ova da Muragl descending towards bridge at pt. 2364
Flower Notes: 20-60cm tall; leaves broadly lanceolate, entire, glabrous, mostly with parallel principal veins, green; flowers sessile, 1-3 in axils of the upper leaves; corolla narrowly bell-shaped, only in the distal part 5-8-partite, light yellow with reddish dots. Pasture, grassland, dwarf shrub stands; meagre soils poor in calcium. 1400-2600m, flowering time 7-8. Rather common.