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Gentiana veitchiorum

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Authors: Hemsl.  

Botanical Description

Much like G. sino-ornata in overall appearance and size, but flowers richer, velvety blue, the tube bearing broad greenish-yellow bands. Western China. Like sino-ornata it flowers in autumn and needs acid soil, but it is less vigorous and not so easy to please. The true plant is seldom commercially available.