Gentianaceae
Autumn dwarf gentian
Gentianella amarella
- Family
- Gentianaceae
- Genus
- Gentianella
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Common names
By language (24)
- arz
- جينتيانيلا اماريلا
- Belarusian
- Гарычка пазушная
- Bulgarian
- Истинска горчивка
- Chinese
- 秋花假龙胆, 红假龙胆
- Czech
- Hořeček nahořklý
- Danish
- Smalbægret Ensian
- Dutch
- Slanke gentiaan
- English
- Autumn dwarf gentian, Autumn dwarf-gentian, Annual gentian, Autumn dwarfgentian, Autumn gentian, Autumn felwort
- Finnish
- Horkkakatkero
- French
- Gentiane amère, Gentianelle amère, Gentiane amere
- German
- Bitterer Fransenenzian, Blattwinkelblütiger Enzian, Herbstenzian
- hsb
- Wótry hórkowc
- Icelandic
- Grænvöndur
- Irish
- Muilcheann
- Latvian
- Rūgtā drudzenīte
- Lithuanian
- Pievinė gencijonėlė
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Bittersøte
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Bittersøte
- Polish
- Goryczuszka gorzkawa
- Russian
- Горечавочка горьковатая, Горечавка горьковатая, Горечавка луговая, Горечавка пазушная, Горечавочка пазушная, Наричник
- Swedish
- Ängsgentiana
- Tatar
- Әче гентианелла, Оялы бабасыр уты, Оялы гентианелла, Оялы чынтыяна, Әче бабасыр уты
- Ukrainian
- Тирличничок осінній
- Welsh
- Crwynllys yr hydref
Synonyms
- Eyrythalia pulchella Gray
- Gentiana amarella L.
- Gentiana germanica subsp. amarella (L.) Bonnier & Layens
- Gentiana pulchella Salisb.
- Gentianella amarella subsp. euamarella Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Gentianusa amarella (L.) Pohl
- Opsantha amarella (L.) Delarbre
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
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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.