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Gentianella praecox

Gentianella praecox
Photo: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Gentianaceae (Gentian family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
SE. Germany, NE. Austria, Czechia, SW. Poland
Climate
temperate

About

Gentianella praecox, the Bohemian gentian, is a flowering plant species belonging to the genus Gentianella in the family Gentianaceae. Its distribution is limited to the territory of the Bohemian Massif.

Where it grows

Gentianella praecox subsp. bohemica is endemic to the Bohemian massif in central Europe. Historically, it extended to the German part of the Šumava Mountains, the northern part of Austria and the southern part of Poland, but the center of its expansion remains the Czech Republic. According to a field study between 2000 and 2013 there were 73 known localities in the Czech Republic where Gentianella praecox subsp. bohemica had been mapped at least once.

Other Gentianella plants

Chionogentias diemensis · Gentianella alborosea · Autumn dwarf gentian · Gentianella androsacea · Early Gentian · Gentianella antarctica · Golden dwarfgentian · Barrington Snow Gentian · Common New Zealand Gentian · Field gentian · Auckland Island Gentian · Gentianella cernua

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gentianella praecox by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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