Gentiana zollingeri ("Fuderindo")

Japanese name: フデリンドウ （筆竜胆）
Scientific name: Gentiana zollingeri

[Overview]
A biennial 5–10 cm tall, found in sunny grasslands and sparse woodland.
The stem branches from the base.
There are both basal leaves and stem leaves.
The basal leaves do not form a rosette and are small.
The stem leaves are densely opposite, broadly ovate, 0.5–1 cm long, with white margins and undersides often tinged reddish purple.
The leaves are thick.
Several flowers are borne in a cluster at the stem tip and are bluish purple.
The corolla is star-shaped, 2–2.5 cm long, and 5-lobed.
The flowers open when the sun shines on them.
The fruit is a capsule.

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