Fringed Gentian
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Common Name: Fringed Gentian
Family: Gentian - Gentianaceae
Genus: Gentiana
Species: ciliata
Date Taken: 08/09/2018
Altitude: 2220m
Area: Engadine
Walking Notes: From top of cable car to Piz Nair. Down to Pass Suvretta, Alp Suvretta, Randolins, Chanterella to St. Moritz.
Location: Taken near Chanterella
Flower Notes: 10-20cm tall; mostly biennial; stem simple or branched, tetragonous; flowers single; calyx 4-partite in the upper third, with narrowly lanceolate lobes; corolla narrowly funnel-shaped with 4 spreading, fringed lobes, blue. Grassy slopes, scree; stony, intermittently dry, calciferous soils. 600-2500m, flowering time 8-10. Not common.