Gentiana frigida, Haenke

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 61

8. G. frigida Haenke in Jacq., Collect. Bot. 2: 13 (1789).

Perennial 5-10(-15) cm. Stems simple, erect. Leaves linearlanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, somewhat fleshy, 1 - veined, the lower shortly petiolate, the upper sessile, shortly sheathing at base. Calyx-teeth obtuse, about as long as the tube. Corolla 20-35 mm, yellowish-white with blue stripes and with bluish spots in the throat; appendage in the sinus triangular, acute. Anthers free. Seeds covered with white, membranous lamellae. 2n = 24. • Stony places in the mountains; calcifuge. Carpathians, Alps of C. Austria; S.W. Bulgaria. Au Bu Cz Po Rm?Rs (W).