Gentianaceae
Great yellow gentian
Gentiana lutea
- Family
- Gentianaceae
- Genus
- Gentiana
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Common names
By language (45)
- Arabic
- جنطيانا صفراء, جنثيانا, جنطيوس, دواء الحية, کوشاد أصفر
- arz
- جنطيانا صفراء
- azb
- ساری آجی چیچک
- Azerbaijani
- Sarı acıçiçək
- Basque
- Errosta horia
- Bosnian
- Lincura
- Bulgarian
- Жълта тинтява
- Cantonese
- 黃龍膽
- Catalan
- Genciana groga
- Chinese
- 黃龍膽, 黄龙胆
- Corsican
- Genziana maiore
- Croatian
- Srčanik
- Czech
- Hořec žlutý
- Danish
- Gul Ensian
- Dutch
- Gele gentiaan
- English
- Great yellow gentian, Yellow gentian
- Esperanto
- Flava genciano, Genciano flava
- Estonian
- Kollane emajuur
- Finnish
- Keltakatkero, Keltainen teräsyrtti
- French
- Gentiane jaune, Gentiane des Pyrénées, Grande gentiane
- Galician
- Xanzá
- German
- Gelber Enzian
- Greek
- Γεντιανή, Γεντιάνα, Γεντιανή, Ωχρή Η κίτρινη
- hsb
- Žołty hórkowc
- Hungarian
- Sárga tárnics
- Italian
- Genziana maggiore
- Japanese
- ゲンチアナ, ゲンチアナ・ルテア
- Lithuanian
- Geltonasis gencijonas
- Macedonian
- Жолта линцура
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Gulsøte
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Gulsøte
- Persian
- گلسپاس زرد بزرگ
- Polish
- Goryczka żółta
- Portuguese
- Genciana-amarela
- Romanian
- Ghințură galbenă
- Russian
- Горечавка жёлтая, Горечавка желтая
- Serbian
- Жута линцура, Žuta lincura
- Serbian (Latin)
- Lincura
- Slovak
- Horec žltý
- Slovenian
- Rumeni svišč, Košutnik
- Spanish
- Agenciana, Cenjana, Chanzaina, Funciana, Genciana, Genciana amarilla, Genciana mayor, Genciana rastrera
- Swedish
- Gullgentiana
- Turkish
- Sarı Censiyan
- Ukrainian
- Тирлич жовтий
- vec
- Ansiana
Synonyms
- Asterias lutea (L.) Borkh.
- Gentianusa lutea (L.) Pohl
- Swertia lutea (L.) Vest
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 446 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: xulescu_g, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: xulescu_g, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Slaven Kljucanin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: W. Terry Hunefeld, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bernd Haynold, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Markus Krieger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrea Meucci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Heinz Staudacher, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joachim Lutz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frank Sengpiel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Joachim Lutz, CC BY-SA 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.