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Gentian Family

Gentiana occidentalis

Also called Gentians, Gentians And Allies

Gentian Family
Photo: Velella, CC BY-SA 4.0

Gentiana occidentalis is a perennial alpine gentian from the western Pyrenees and northwest Spain, grown mainly as a rock garden or alpine plant. It needs cool, open, well-drained conditions and is rarely grown as a houseplant.

Family
Gentianaceae (Gentian family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly in the growing season and keep soil from drying out, but avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Gritty, humus-rich, free-draining soil or an alpine mix.
Temperature
5–20 °C; tolerates cold winters well
How easy
Moderate
Native range
W. Pyrenees to NW. Spain
Climate
temperate

About

Gentiana occidentalis is a species of Gentian found in the Pyrenean Mountains in northern Spain in the alpine zone. It is distinguished from other similar Gentians in the Pyrenees by the sepals which have incurved tips.

Other Gentiana plants

Gentian · Plain gentian · Southern Gentian · Closed bottle gentian · Willow Gentian · Appalachian gentian · Pine barren gentian · Baeuerlen's Gentian · Gentiana bavarica · Gentiana bredboensis · Rainier pleated gentian · Elliott's gentian

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gentiana occidentalis 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.

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