Gentiana verna L.
(Spring Gentian)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGentiana verna (Spring Gentian)
GenusGentiana (a genus of gentians)
FamilyGENTIANACEAE (centauries and gentians)
OrderGENTIANALES (bedstraws, gentians and periwinkles)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Gentiana verna (Spring Gentian) :
1: Gentiana verna (Spring Gentian)
27 May 2017 OSIGR: M00 Vice County: Clare (VC H09) Eire
in fruit
Image 1: Plant with fruitsImage 2: Plant with fruits (2)Image 3: Fruit - close-up - enlarged
2: Gentiana verna (Spring Gentian)
21 May 2015 OSGR: NY83 54° 40’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Durham (VC 66) England
in flower
Image 1: Flower - face view - close-upImage 2: Flower - face view - close-up (2)Image 3: Group of plants (or maybe a single rhizomatous plant!)Image 4: Plant with flower - side viewImage 5: Plant with flower - side view (2)Image 6: Plant with flower - side view (3)Image 7: Plant with flower - side view (4)Image 8: Plant with flower - side view (5)Image 9: Plant with flower - side view (6)Image 10: Plant with flower - side view (7)Image 11: Plant with flower - top viewImage 12: Plant with flower - top view (2)Image 13: Plant with flower - top view (3)
3: Gentiana verna (Spring Gentian)
21 May 2015 OSGR: NY83 54° 40’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Durham (VC 66) England
group of plants, in flower
Image 1: Group of flowers - side viewImage 2: Group of flowers - top viewImage 3: Pair of flowers - oblique viewImage 4: Pair of flowers - oblique view (2)Image 5: Pair of flowers - oblique view (3)Image 6: Pair of flowers - side viewImage 7: Pair of flowers - side view (2)Image 8: Pair of flowers - side view (3)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Hopkins, J. 2003 Some aspects of geology and the British Flora British Wildlife Vol 14, No. 3: 180-185.

Gentiana verna (Spring Gentian) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Gentiana verna (Spring Gentian)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Gentiana verna (Spring Gentian)
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