Gentiana cruciata L., 1753 31% complete

Cross gentian

Sp. Pl.: 231 (1753)


Data sources

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Sourced7 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded11 Not on the record6 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
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Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 231 (1753) No source recorded
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Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1753 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Cross gentian No source recorded
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Observations Europe to W. Siberia and NW. & N. Iran No source recorded
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Morphology
Average height 28 cm
  • 27.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 164, 251, 310, 500, 519, 917
Differs from sources
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 164, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color blue Sourced
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Growth habit Forb/herb No source recorded
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Maximum height 45 cm
  • 45 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 164, 251, 310, 500, 519, 917
Sourced
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
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Phenology
Bloom months jun, jul, aug, sep No source recorded
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Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity empty
  • 3 / 12 · rather dry (xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
Not on the record
Light 7 / 9 · half-light to light
  • 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
Sourced
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Soil nutriments 2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic)
  • 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
Differs from sources
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
Sourced
Other
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record