Galax-Jeffersonia

(syn. Galax urceolata)

Distribution: E USA, up to 1800 m; rocky woodlands.

 

Rhizomatous perennial up to 30 cm tall. Leaves basal or rosulate atop rhizom, 8-30 cm long, with ca. orbiculate blades. Flowers in compact racemes atop scapes, ca. 4-8 mm long, white. Fl. V-VI.

Distribution: europaean mountains -  from NE Spain through Italy to formerly Yugoslavia, 1400-3000 m above sea level, acid grasslands, stony areas, bogs.

Perennial mat- or low hummock-forming, up to 30 cm diameter. Leaves 3-5 cm long, evergreen, in rosettes, lanceolate to elliptic, sometimes obovate. Flowering stems 2-8 cm long. Flowers solitary at stem apex, erect, 40-70 mm long, trumpet-shaped, deep blue, green-spotted within, with spreading at apex petals. Fl. V-VI.

 

Geographische Verbreitung: Gebirge von Europa - von NE Spanien über Italien nach ehemaligen Jugoslawien, 1400-3000 m über dem Meeresspiegel; sauere Wiesen, steinigen Gebieten, Mooren.

 

Matten- oder niedrige Hügel bildende Staude bis 30 cm Durchmesser. Blätter 3-5 cm lang, immergrün, in Rosetten, lanzettlich bis elliptisch, manchmal verkehrt eiförmig. Blütenstiele 2-8 cm lang. Blüten einzeln an Stammspitze, aufrecht, 40-70 mm lang, trompetenförmig, tiefblau, grün gefleckt. Blütezeit V-VI.

Distribution: Alps of SE France and Switzerland; limestone scree.

Perennial mats-forming, taxon of the Gentiana acaulis group. Leaves in rosettes, narrowly lanceolate, soft. Stems ca. 7 cm long. Flowers solitary. Corolla infundibuliform, 50-60 mm long, dark blue. Fl. IV-V.

Distribution: mountains of southern and central Europe; fields, pastures, low peat bogs, on limestone substrate.

Perennial up to 6-12 cm tall. Stem unbranched. Leaves in rosette evergreen, leathery, stem leaves few, opposite. Flowers single, up to 60 mm long, white. Fl. IV-VI.

 

Verbreitung: Gebirge von Süd- und Mitteleuropa ; Felder, Weiden, niedrige Torfmooren, auf Kalkstein.

Staude bis 6-12 cm hoch. Blätter in der Rosette immergrün , ledrig, Stängelblätter wenige, gegenüber. Blüten einzeln, bis zu 60 mm lang, weiß. Bl. IV-VI.

Distribution: C Italy, Albania, SW formerly Jugoslavia; mountains.

Taxon from Gentiana acaulis group. Flowers 60-70 mm long, trumpetform, dark blue. Lobes acute, without green spots in throat. Fl. V-VI.

Distribution: Maritime and Ligurian Alps, 1650-2000 m above sea level; grasslands.

Leaves oblong-ovate. Flowers 60 mm long, 40 mm diameter, blue, green spotted inside tube, V-VI.

 

Verbreitung: Maritime und Ligurische Alpen, 1650-2000 m über dem Meeresspiegel; Grasland.

Blätter länglich-eiförmig. Blüten 60 mm lang, 40 mm Durchmesser, blau, grün Innenrohr gesichtet, V-VI.

Distribution: West Pyrenees, Cordillera Cantabrica, 800-1900 m; limestone rocks.

Perennial 15-25 cm tall. Flowers 40-50 mm long, trumpet-form, blue. Fl. V-VI.