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Flora & Fauna › Purple Flowers & Plants › Purple Gentian

Gentiana purpurea, Purple Gentian, Søterot. Medium.

Purple Gentian
Perennial with unbranched erect stems bearing oval lanceolate leaves. Purple flowers mostly in clusters atop stem but also in leaf axil on stem.

Unusual in rocky birch woods, willow scrub and meadows.

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