Gentianella concinna (Hook.fil.) T.N.Ho & S.W.Liu is a plant in the Gentianaceae family, order Gentianales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Gentianella concinna (Hook.fil.) T.N.Ho & S.W.Liu

Gentianella concinna is a small annual flowering plant with branched stems, fleshy leaves, and red or red-streaked flowers.

Family

Gentianaceae

Genus

Gentianella

Order

Gentianales

Class

Magnoliopsida

About Gentianella concinna (Hook.fil.) T.N.Ho & S.W.Liu

Gentianella concinna is an annual plant with much-branched stems that can grow up to 12 cm (5 in) long. Its leaves are fleshy and leathery, shaped oblong-spatheolate to linear-oblong, and gradually narrow into broad, flat petioles. Basal leaves measure roughly 8–20 mm (0.3–0.8 in) long by 3–7 mm (0.1–0.3 in) wide; stem (cauline) leaves are smaller than basal leaves. Flowers grow singly in the axils of the upper leaves. The corollas are red, or white streaked with red or purple, and measure approximately 8–12 mm (0.3–0.5 in) long. Its calyces are around one third as long as the corollas.

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