Syn.: Pneumonanthe asclepiadea (L.) F. W. Schmidt, Coelanthe asclepiadea Don, Dasystephana asclepiadea (L.) Borkh.
Family: Gentianaceae Juss.
Distribution: Mountains of Southern and Central Europe – from the Pyrenees and Alps through the Western Carpathians to mountains of the Balkan Peninsula.
Ecology: It grows in woods, and along stream banks, from foothills to subalpine zone. Flowers from July to September.
Description: A perennial herb with an erect or arched stem, 30–80 cm high. The leaves are ovate-lanceolate, short-stalked flowers are borne in the upper leaf axils, corolla funnel-shaped, blue, spotted purple within.
Threat and protection: The Willow Gentian is an endangered and protected plant in some countries (A, CH, CZ, D, I).
These images were taken in Czechia, the Hrubý Jeseník, Karlov (from 13. 7. to 7. 9. 2003).
