Gentianaceae
The willow gentian
Gentiana asclepiadea
- Family
- Gentianaceae
- Genus
- Gentiana
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Common names
By language (29)
- Bulgarian
- Горска тинтява
- Catalan
- Willow gentian
- Chinese
- 柳叶龙胆
- Croatian
- Asklepijeva sirištara
- Czech
- Hořec tolitovitý
- Danish
- Svalerod-Ensian
- Dutch
- Zijdeplantgentiaan
- English
- The willow gentian, Willow gentian
- Finnish
- Metsäkatkero
- French
- Gentiane Asclépiade, Gentiane Asclepiade
- German
- Schwalbenwurz-Enzian, Blaue Kreuzwurz, Geißleiter, Herbst-Enzian, Hirschbrunft-Enzian
- Greek
- Γεντιανή του Ασκληπιού
- hsb
- Dajiwy hórkowc
- Hungarian
- Fecsketárnics
- Igbo
- Willow gentian
- Macedonian
- Шумска линцура
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Skogsøte
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Skogsøte
- Occitan
- Genciana Asclepiada
- Polish
- Goryczka trojeściowa, Goryczka tojeściowa, Goryczka trojeściowata
- Russian
- Горечавка ластовневая, Горечавка ваточниковая, Горечавка ластовенная
- Serbian
- Šumska sirištara, Шумска сириштара
- Serbian (Latin)
- Šumska sirištara, Encijan, Gencijana
- Slovak
- Horec luskáčovitý
- Slovenian
- Kokoševčevolistni svišč, Svečnik
- Swedish
- Knippgentiana
- Turkish
- Mavi centiyan
- Ukrainian
- Тирлич ваточниковидний
- Welsh
- Crwynllys dail helyg
Synonyms
- Coilantha asclepiadea G.Don
- Dasistepha asclepiadea (L.) Raf.
- Dasystephana asclepiadea (L.) Borkh.
- Dasystephana schistocalyx (K.Koch) J.Sojak
- Gentiana asclepiadea f. albiflora Murray ex Hegi
- Gentiana asclepiadea f. cruciata Wartm. & Schlatter
- Gentiana asclepiadea f. pectinata Wartm. & Schlatter
- Gentiana asclepiadea f. schistocalyx (K.Koch) Bolzon
- Gentiana asclepiadea subsp. schistocalyx (K.Koch) Zakharova
- Gentiana asclepiadea var. plicata (F.W.Schmidt) Roth
- Gentiana asclepiadea var. schistocalyx (K.Koch) Grossh.
- Gentiana ramiflora E.Szabó
- Gentiana schistocalyx K.Koch
- Gentianusa asclepiadea (L.) Pohl
- Pneumonanthe asclepiadea (L.) F.W.Schmidt
- Pneumonanthe plicata F.W.Schmidt
Flowers
- In flower
- August to September (from 1,142 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: seakmus, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Karol Filo III, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: MartinHorák, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Danijel Ostović, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mirko Ubović, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Katrin Simon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Flocci Nivis, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thierry Arbault, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Flocci Nivis, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mirko Ubović, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Flocci Nivis, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.