Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Gentianella sylvicola

Common name

Late forest-gentian, Snow-gentian

Family

Gentianaceae

Where found

Grassy/shrubby understorey in subalpine forest. Kosciuszko National Park. Namadgi National Park, ACT.

Notes

Annual or biennial herb to 0.7 m high. Basal leaves 5–7 cm long, 3–7 mm wide; stem leaves opposite each other, 3–7 cm long, 4–6 mm wide. Flowers white or violet tinged, with grey-violet streaks, 20–25 mm in diameter, tubular, with 5 lobes. Flowers in 12- 35 flowered clusters. Flowers March and April.

Readily distinguished from all other Australian species of Gentianella by the combination of its forest habitat and late flowering.

All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.

PlantNET description:   http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Gentianella~sylvicola  (accessed 22 January, 2021)