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The Wild Flowers of Semiarid plateau & Alpine Region

Gentiana caelestis

Perennial. 5 to 8 cm tall. Stem leaves: the middle and inferior ovate, the upper linear lanceolate. Terminal flower, light blue or bluish white, blue veined and patched, 2 to 3cm in diameter. Flowering: Aug to Sept.
Cold and light tendency. Sinoendemic. Southeast to east Tibet, 3600 to 4500m, grassy slopes. West Yunnan, southwest sichuan.