Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Gentianella polysperes
Common name
Early forest-gentian, Snow-gentian
Family
Gentianaceae
Where found
Grassy understorey of open montane to subalpine forest and woodland. Kosciuszko National Park south of Talbingo, Namadgi National Park, ACT, and Scabby Range between them.
Notes
Annual or biennial herb. Flowering stems to 0.40 m high or sprawling. Basal leaves 2–4 cm long, 5–10 mm wide, tips blunt to somewhat pointed. Stem leaves opposite each other, 1.5–3 cm long, 3–7 mm wide. Flowers white or cream with grey to violet or inconspicuous veins, tubular, the tube about 4 mm long, with 4 or 5 lobes to 9 mm long. Flower clusters usually 1-9 flowered. Flowers Sep.–Jan..
All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.
Rare Vic.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Gentianella~polysperes (accessed 22 January, 2021)
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