Gentianaceae
Halenia elliptica
- Family
- Gentianaceae
- Genus
- Halenia
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Common names
By language (2)
- Azerbaijani
- Ellipsvari haleniya
- Chinese
- 椭圆叶花锚, 卵萼花锚, 椭圆叶花锚（椭叶花锚）, 花锚, 青叶胆, 黑及草, 椭叶花锚
Synonyms
- Halenia elliptica f. alboflavida Jiu Li Wang
- Halenia elliptica var. elliptica
- Halenia vaniotii H.Lév.
- Swertia centrostemma Wall.
- Swertia peloria Griff.
- Tetragonanthus centrostemma Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- July to October (from 54 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: TonyT, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jiao Sun (孙娇), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Subir B. Shakya, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jiao Sun (孙娇), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, 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). About our plant data.