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Gentiana lutea
Also called Bitter root, Bitterwort, Centiyane, Genciana, Yellow gentian
A tall, yellow-flowered alpine perennial from European mountain meadows, grown mainly as a garden or wild-flower plant rather than a houseplant. Give it cool, open, well-drained calcareous ground and full sun to part shade.
Gentiana lutea, the great yellow gentian, is a species of gentian native to the mountains of central and southern Europe, including the Alps, the Carpathians (where scarce), the Pyrenees, the Apennines, and the mountains of the Balkan Peninsula. It is the type species of the genus Gentiana.
Gentiana lutea is remarkable for the intense bitterness of the root and every part of the herbage. Gentian was used occasionally in brewing.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gentiana lutea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
