Gentianaceae
Cross gentian
Gentiana cruciata
- Family
- Gentianaceae
- Genus
- Gentiana
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Common names
By language (32)
- arz
- جينتيانا كروشياتا
- Azerbaijani
- Çarpazyarpaq acıçiçək
- Belarusian
- Гарачаўка крыжападобная
- Bulgarian
- Синя тинтява
- Czech
- Hořec křížatý
- Dutch
- Kruisbladgentiaan
- English
- Cross gentian, Star gentian
- Estonian
- Südame-emajuur
- Finnish
- Ristikatkero
- French
- Gentiane croisette
- Georgian
- Ჯვარისებრი ნაღველა
- German
- Kreuz-Enzian
- hsb
- Křižny hórkowc
- Hungarian
- Szent László-tárnics, Kígyótárnics
- Kazakh
- Қарама-қарсы жапырақты ербасы
- Latvian
- Krustlapu drudzene
- Lithuanian
- Melsvasis gencijonas
- Macedonian
- Прострел, Горчлив корен
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Korssøte
- os
- Рæсыдбадæн
- Persian
- گلسپاس صلیبی
- Polish
- Goryczka krzyżowa
- Romanian
- Ochincea
- Russian
- Горечавка крестовидная, Горечавка крестообразная, Горечавка перекрёстнолистная
- Serbian
- Прострел
- Serbian (Latin)
- Prostrel
- Slovak
- Horec krížatý
- Slovenian
- Navzkrižnolistni svišč
- Swedish
- Korsgentiana
- Tatar
- Ачамай яфраклы чынтыяна, Ачамай яфраклы бабасыр уты, Ачамай яфраклы гентианелла
- Ukrainian
- Тирлич хрещатий
- Uzbek
- Xochsimon Gorechavka
Synonyms
- Dasystephana cruciata (L.) Zuev
- Ericala cruciata G.Don
- Ericoila cruciata (L.) Borkh.
- Gentianella cruciata (L.) Moench
- Gentianusa cruciata (L.) Pohl
- Pneumonanthe cruciata (L.) Zuev
- Tretorhiza cruciata (L.) Opiz
- Tretorrhiza cruciata (L.) Delarbre
Flowers
- In flower
- July to August (from 486 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jiří Podhorecký, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Karsten Rohweder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Fyodor Pudovikov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Micha Baum, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrejus Gaidamavičius, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: vuikaan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Conrad Altmann, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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- The willow gentianGentiana asclepiadeaGentianaceae
- Snow gentianGentiana nivalisGentianaceae
- Gentiana clusiiGentianaceae
- Spotted gentianGentiana punctataGentianaceae
- Purple gentianGentiana purpureaGentianaceae
- Gentiana scabraGentianaceae
- Gentiana frigidaGentianaceae
- Gentiana sino-ornataGentianaceae
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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.