About
Gentiana lutea, the great yellow gentian, is a clump-forming perennial with a bold basal rosette of large, ovate, deeply veined, blue-green leaves. In mid to late summer, a tall flowering stem with whorls of clasping leaves produces dense whorls of bright-yellow, star-shaped flowers. The most impressive and architecturally bold of all gentians, and the source of gentian root used in herbal bitters.
About the genus
Gentiana, the gentians, are annuals, biennials and herbaceous or evergreen perennials producing mostly showy, trumpet-, funnel- or salver-shaped flowers, famously in brilliant blue but also in white, yellow and purple. They range from tiny alpine cushion plants to tall border perennials and include species for every season.
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