Slender herb to c. 15 cm high, few-branched or simple. Leaves linear to narrow-lanceolate, 2–15 mm long, 0.5–2 mm wide, those at the base largest, but often withered at flowering. Flowers 1–several, on erect pedicels to 6 cm long. Calyx c. ovoid, 2.5–3.5 mm long, lobes deltoid, c. 1 mm long; corolla yellow, tubular part equal to or shortly exceeding and closely enclosed by calyx, lobes spreading, ovate, 1.6–3 mm long, blunt. Capsule ovoid, 3–4 mm long. Flowers Sep.–Dec.
LoM, Wim, GleP, VVP, VRiv, GipP, OtP, WaP, Gold, CVU, GGr, DunT, NIS, EGL, EGU, WPro, HSF, HNF, OtR, Strz, VAlp. Also naturalised WA, SA, NSW, Tas. Native from western Europe and northern Africa to south-western Asia. An inconspicuous but often locally common herb of seasonally damp places.
Source:
Walsh, N.G. (1999). Gentianaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae, pp. 310–321. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
